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DOMESTIC FOWL. 
DOMESTIC FOWL. 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 
There is nothing more delightful than the care and charge of domestic 
poultry. It is the most interesting of sights to behold a hen with her 
chicks, and to mark her care and tenderness for them; while the little chicks 
themselves are so pretty to look at, and have so many engaging ways with 
them, as to claim our love and sympathy. To see them picking and scratch¬ 
ing about, basking in the sun, or running hither and thither after their 
mother hen, or nestling under her wings when a cloud comes over the face 
of the sky, or on the approach of night, is a sight, to a person of right feel¬ 
ing, very grateful and pleasant; and to young persons, the care and man¬ 
agement of poultry engender every hour happy occupation. 
VARIOUS KINDS OF POULTRY. 
Domestic poultry may be divided into three kinds. First, the gallinaceous 
kind, as the common and foreign fowl, peacock, &c. Second, the colum¬ 
bine, or pigeon group, or family: and thirdly, the aquatic family, such as 
the duck, goose, swan, &c. 
GALLINACEOUS FOWLS. 
The principal varieties of these are, the dunghill, the Dorking, Poland, 
game, Chittagong, bantam, shakebag, Spanish, Seabright, Persian, Cochin 
China, &c. 
