List of Illustrations. 
OTHER ENGRAVINGS. 
PAGE I PAGE 
Poultry House . . 
Fi" 1 
Diagram showing Comb r ormations 
J; IgS. O'J illiu Oyj 
125 
Portable Nest Boxes 
2 
2 
Fig. 57 
126 
Houses and Runs 
■ •• ^ 
JJlglll IJlclIlIIldS Ol xo-J^ . . 
128 
Dust Bath for Fowls 
..4 
4 
129 
Pens for Breeding Stock 
M 3 
Hackle h eathers of Light Brahma 
Training Pens. . 
Figs. () and 7 
Pallet 
Fi"s. 58 and .59 
129 
Plan of Houses on a large scale . . 
Fig. 8 
Leathers of Dark Brahma ('ockerel 
" " 
130 
Lice-Proof Roost for Fowls 
Laying Houses for Hens 
Figs. '0, 11, 12 
8 
PuUet 
,, 62 „ 63 
131 
Drinking Troughs for Poultry 
■"igs. 13, 14, 15, 10 
•* 
Breast Feathers of Dark Brahma 
Nest Boxes 
Figs. 17 and 17. \. 
20 
Cock for Pullet Breedini' 
132 
Egg Tester 
.-. Fig. 18 
21 
Featlurs of Dark Brahma Pullet. . 
„ 65 
133 
Sections of Incubators . . 
r igs. 1 y, 
26 
Cochins of 184.3 
140 
,, Air Vent for Incubator 
Fi" 21 
97 
Feathers of Partridge Cochin Hen 
The "Excelsior" Incubator 
,,22 
28 
for Breeding Cockerels 
ig. bfa 
141 
„ "Nonpariel" ,, 
., 23 
30 
Feathers of Partridge Cochin Hen 
„ "Sidaway" ,, 
,,24 
61 
for Breeding Pullets 
,,67 
142 
,, " Eclipse " ,, 
., 2-5 
32 
Hackle Feather of Silver-Grey 
How to make an Incubator 
,,26 
.,27 
34 
35 
Dorking Hen 
Foot showing the Five Claws or 
,,68 
164 
35 
Toes .. .. 
" " " 
"on 
,,30 
36 
36 
Standard Feather of Barred Ply- 
mouth Rock 
„ 70 
175 
37 
Faulty Feather of Barred Ply- 
37 
mouth Rock 
,, 71 
175 
" ., „ ■ ■ 
Diagram of Clear and Fertile Eggs 
£ igs. oo anu o-i 
39 
Feathers of Barred Plymouth Rocks 
Figs. A and B 
206 
Earthenware Drinking Fountain . . 
. . Fig. 3.5 
42 
Hackle of Silver- Wyandotte Cock- 
Feeding Trough for Fowls 
„ 36 
43 
erel 
. . Fig. 72 
219 
,, Box for Ducks . . 
,, 37 
43 
Perfect Breast P'eather of Silver- 
Hen and Chicken Coop . . 
„ 38 
48 
Wyandotte Cockerel 
; ., 73 
219 
Foster Mother for Chickens 
,, 3i) 
50 
Faulty Breast Feather of Silver- 
1, 40 
51 
Wyandotte Cockerel 
,,74 
219 
Flannel cut in strips for Foster 
Perfect Breast Feather of Silver- 
Mother 
,,41 
•51 
Wyandotte Pullet . . 
,, 75 
220 
Feeding Trough for Chickens 
Faulty Breast Feather of Silver- 
(Stehr) 
„ 42 
52 
Wyandotte Pullet .. 
„ 76 
220 
Feeding Box for Chickens 
,,43 
52 
Perfect Cushion Feather of Silver- 
Artificial Brooders 
,,44 
52 
Wyandotte Pullet . . 
.,77 
220 
Wire Fronts for Fattening Coops . . 
,, 4-5 
74 
Faulty Cushion Feather of Silver- 
Feeding Trough for Fattening 
Wyandotte Pullet . . 
.,78 
220 
„ 46 
74 
British Game of 1853 . . 
246 
Barred Wooden Bottom for Fat- 
Feathers of Laced Cornish-Indian 
tening Coops 
,,47 
75 
Game Fowls 
. . Fig. 78a 
261 
Fattening Coops 
„ 48 
75 
Mr. W. Heron's Australian Duckwin 
g Game Cock . . 
268 
Drinking Fountains 
„ 49 
76 
„ Pullet.. 
269 
Table for Caponising . . 
„ 50 
78 
Feathers of Silver-Spangled Hamburg Cock Fig. 79 
324 
Appliances for Caponising 
.,51 
79 
,, Hen feathered „ 
„ 80 
324 
Skeleton of Travelling Coop 
„ 52 
98 
„ Silver-Spangled ,, 
Hen „ 81 
325 
Travelling Coop 
„ 53 
99 
Secondary Wing-Feather of Silver-Pencilled 
Diagram to illustrate Nomencla- 
Hamburg Cock 
. . „ 82 
326 
ture 
„ 34 
125 
Feathers of Silver-Pencilled Hamburg Hen ,, 83 
327 
