ANALYSIS or CONTENTS, 



THE GUINEA PIG. 

 Cage of, 699. 



THE HARE. 

 Description of, lii'i ; varieties of, 



THE HEDGEHOG. 



Character of, 534 ; habitat of, 

 638; anecdote of, 540; food of, 

 512. 



THE MOUSE. 



The dormouse, 684 ; the harvest, 

 689 ; mouse stories, 691 ; pet mice 

 and their cages, 696. 



PIGEONS. 



Structure of birds in relation to 

 their iiight, 353 ; foreign pigeons, 

 357 ; the aromatic vinago pigeon, 

 359 ; the bronze-wing, 361 ; gather- 

 ing a " pigepn crop," 363 ; prodi- 

 gious iiooks of, 365 ; the carrier, 367 ; 

 Antwerp carrier, 368 ; the dove- 

 house, 370 ; the bhxe rock, 371 ; 

 the tumbler, 373 ; " short-faced " 

 tumblers, 376 ; rules for training a 

 flight of, 377 ; the pouter, 379 ; the 

 runt, 381 ; the trumpeter, 382 ; the 

 nun, 383 ; the archangel, 385; the 

 fantail and Jacobite, 387 ; the turbit, 

 388 ; the barb, 389 ; the spot and 

 the helmet, 390 ; the magpie and 

 Mahooiec, W^ ; the laugher, and owl, 



392 ; how to teaia pigeons to fly, 

 393 ; tha sport of pigeon-flying, 

 ancient and modern, 394 ; catching 

 in the Pyrenees, 398 ; pigeon-houses, 

 399 ; how to stock the, 403 ; pair- 

 ing and breeding, 404 ; feeding, 408 ; 

 pigeon parasites, 410; diseases of, 

 411. 



PONIES, DONKEYS, AND 

 GOATS. 



The pony, 737; history of, 739; 

 management of, 749; how to tel? 

 the age of, 747 ; shying, 752 ; the 

 ass, 767 ; anecdote of, 767 ; food of, 

 761 ; the goat, 763 ; Anecdotes of, 

 765. 



THE RABBIT. 



Description of, 481 ; concerning 

 the hutches, 497 ; varieties of, 504 ; 

 how to stock the hutches, 509 ; 

 feeding, 619 ; diseases of, and how 

 to cure them, 522 ; killing, 524 , 

 laws respecting rabbit-snaring, 5/4 



THE SILKWORM. 



Origin of, 730; directions fcs 

 keeping, 732. 



THE SQUIRREL. 

 History of, 673; food of, 67». 



THE TORTOISE, 

 Description of, 703, 



