CONTENTS 
CHAPTER PAGE 
I. Poultry House and Yard 1 
II. Feeding and the Comparative Value of the different Foods. . 11 
III. The Sitting Hen 17 
IV. Structure and Development of the Egg ...... 25 
' V. The Management of Chickens 32 
VI. Cochins 37 
YII. Brahmas 55 
YIII. Malays 75 
IX. The Coloured Dorking Fowl 82 
X. The White Dorking Fowl 99 
XI. The Spanish Fowl 102 
XII. The Game Fowl 123 
XIII. Pencilled Hamburghs 146 
XIY. Spangled Hamburghs 154 
XY. White-Crested Black Polish Fowls 171 
XYI. Spangled and White Polish Fowls 179 
XYII. Sultan Fowls 188 
XYIII. French Breeds : — Houdans, Crevecceurs, La Fleche, La Bresse, etc. 193 
XIX. The Silk Fowl 221 
XX. The Frizzled Fowl 226 
XXI. The Bumpless Fowl 230 
XXII. Dumpies, Redcaps, Barndoor Fowls, Domestic Fowls of India. . 233 
XXIII. Bantams 240 
XXIY. The Origin of the Domesticated Varieties : — The Jungle Fowls . 255 
XXY. The Turkey 265 
XXYI. The Pea-Fowl 279 
XXYII. The Guinea Fowl 288 
