LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



COLOURED PLATES. 



Bl.ACK-BKEASTED ReD GAME COCK 



Buff Cochin Cock 



Buff Cochin Hen 



Partridge Cochin Cock 



Partridge Cochin Hen 



Pair of White Cochins 



Pair of Light Brahmas 



Dark Brahma Cockerel 



Dark Brahma Pullet 



Pair of Malays . 



Black-breasted Red Game Hen 



Wheaten Game Hen . 



Pair of Brown-breasted Red Game 



Pair of Duckwing Game 



Pair of Pile Game . 



Pair of Henny Game 



Malay Game Cock (from Native Dra-whrg) 



Rose-combed Coloured Dorking Cock 



Single-combed Coloured Dorking Hen 



Silver-grey Dorking Hen 



Pair of White Dorkings . 



Pair of Spanish Chickens 



Pair of Andalusians 



Pair of Silver-spangled Hamburghs 



Pair of Golden-spangled Hamburghs 



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Pair of Silver-pencilled Hamburghs 



Pair of Golden-pencilled Hamburghs 



Pair of Black Hamburghs 



Pair of Silver-spangled Polish 



Pair of Golden-spangled Polish . 



Pair of White-crested Black Polish 



Pair of Houdans .... 



Pair of Crevecceurs .... 



Pair of La Fleche .... 



Pair of White Leghorns 



Pair of Brown Leghorns 



Pair of Dominiques .... 



Pair of Black Frizzled Fowls 



Pair of Silky Fowls 



Pair of Sultans .... 



Pair of Black, Pekin, and Japanese Bantams 



Pair of Gold and Silver Laced Bantams 



Pair of Black-breasted Red & Pile Game Bantams 



Pair of Guinea Fowl 



American Wild Turkey-cock .... 

 Pair of Aylesbury Ducks .... 



Pair of Rouen Ducks 



Pair of Cayuga and Black East Indian Ducks 

 Pair of Mandarin and Carolina Ducks 

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DRAWINGS ON WOOD. 



Plan for Small Yard (Fig. l) . 



Use of a Shelf in Poultry-house (Fig. 2) . 



Poultry Fences (Figs. 3, 4) . 



Plan of Double Yard (Fig. 5) 



Crook's Iron-roofed Houses and Yards (Fig. 6) 



Plan of Mr. Tudman's Yard (Fig. 7) 



Plan of Lady Gwydyr's Yard (Figs. 8, 9) 



Ideal Plan for Fancier's Yard (Fig. 10) . 



Various Feeding Vessels (Figs. 11, 12, 13) 



Improved Poultiy Fountain (Fig. 14) 



Fountain for Severe Climates (Fig. 15) . 



Ovary of a Hen (Fig. 1 6) 



Onduct, &c. (Fig. 17) . 



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Chick in Various Stages of Development (Figs. 18, 19, 

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Egg-shell, as chipped by Chicken (Figs. 22, 23) 



Nest for Egg-eating Hens (Fig. 24) . . 



Nest for Sitting Hen (Fig. 25) 



Fertile and Sterile Egg (Fig. 26) 



Instrument for Testing Fertility of Eggs (Fig. 27) 



Tortoise Egg in act of Hatching (Fig. 28) 



Schroder's Incubator (Fig. 29) 



Colonel Stuart Wortley's Incubator (Fig. 30) . 



Messrs. Graves's Incubator (Fig. 31) 



„ „ „ Section of (Fig. 32) 



Regulating Burner of Graves's Incubator (tigs. 33, 34) 



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