PREFACE

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I BIRDS AND THEIR RELATIONS TO MAN

CHAPTER II CHARACTERS AND HABITS OF BIRDS RELATED TO USE

CHAPTER III SPECIES AND THEIR DIVISIONS IN DOMESTIC BIRDS

CHAPTER IV FOWLS

CHAPTER V MANAGEMENT OF FOWLS

CHAPTER VI DUCKS

CHAPTER VII MANAGEMENT OF DUCKS

CHAPTER VIII GEESE

CHAPTER IX MANAGEMENT OF GEESE

CHAPTER X TURKEYS

CHAPTER XI MANAGEMENT OF TURKEYS

CHAPTER XII GUINEAS

CHAPTER XIII PEAFOWLS

CHAPTER XIV PHEASANTS

CHAPTER XV SWANS

CHAPTER XVI OSTRICHES

CHAPTER XVII PIGEONS

CHAPTER XVIII MANAGEMENT OF PIGEONS

CHAPTER XIX CANARIES

CHAPTER XX DISTRIBUTION OF MARKET PRODUCTS

CHAPTER XXI EXHIBITIONS AND THE FANCY TRADE

CHAPTER XXII OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO AVICULTURE

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes.

HOUDAN CHICKS WITH BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCK MOTHER. (Photograph by C. E. Petersen)

OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS

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