Ornamental, Aquatic, and Domestic Fowl and Game Birds: Their Importation, Breeding, Rearing, and General Management (1850)
CONTENTS. C H A P T E R I. Page. I Page, Importance of Breeding and Rearing 3 Proflts from Eggs and Poi ltry . 5 Poultry Clubs. . . . . 3 Export of Eggs . . . . 5 C H A P T E R 11. Origin of our Domestic Fowl . . 8 Cochin China Fowl . . 8 Weight of English irds . . 10 Mnlay Fowl . . . . . 10 Chittagong Fowl . . . . 14 Coloured Dorking . . . 14 Weight of Dorking Fowi . . 15 White Dorking . . . . 17 Old Sussex . . . . . 17 Shakebag . . . . .. 17 Spanish . . . . . . 18 Colombian . . . . 20 Black Polish . . ., . 21 White Polish . . . . . 21 Spangled Polish . . . 22 Spangled amb burgh . . . 22 Golden Spangled Pheasant Fowl . 25 Points of Perfection . . . 27 Silver Spangled Pheasant Fowl . 28 Black Pheasant Fowl . . . 28 Barbary Fowl . . . . . 29 Negro Fowl . . . . 29 Bolton Grstys, or Dutch I3very-day Layers. . . ., . . 30 Frizzled Fowl. . . . . 31 Rumpkins, or Tail-less Fowl . . 32 Silk Fowl . . . . . 32 Game Fowl . . . ., 33 The Coek Pit . . . . . 34 The Cock Fight . . . . 28 Sebright Bantams . . 41 Two Hens and Cock sold or 5 1 0 s. 42 Rankiva Fowl. . . . . 43 The Bronze Coek . . . . 44 llic Fork-tailed Cock . . . 44 Sonnerats Wild Cock . . . 45 C H A P T E R 111. Choice of Stock for Breeding Progressive Stages of the Egg . 48 Collecting Eggs for Hatching Artificial Hatching. . . . 51 Hatching . . Fattening . . 5 3 Management df Eggs for Fowl easily landd K ept . . 53 C H A P T E R IV. The Wild Turkey . . . . 54 1 Dor lesticT urkey . . . . G6 Female Wild Turkey . . . 59 Breeding Turkeys . . . . 67 Oucellated Turkey. p . . . 64 1 Dangerous Food for Turkeys. . G9 CHAPTEK V. ORNAMENTAL FOWL . . 69 Pea Fowl . . . . 69 The Javanese kea Fowl. . . 72 Pintado, or Gninea Fowl . . 74 The CrestedGuinea Fowl . . 75 The Ring-necked Pheasant . . 76 Best Food for Pheasants . . 81 The Golden Pheasa lt . . . 83 The Silver Pheasant . 8 5 . The Whole Pheasant r i b e . . 87 The Pliasianus superbus . . 87 Soemmerings Pheasant . . . S8 Argus Pheasant . . . . 88 The Impeyan Pheasant . . . 88 C H A P T E R VI. GAME BIRDS . . . . . 90 Accident to Henw the VIII, , while The Great Bustard . . . . 90 Hawki lg . . . . . 97 lesser Bustard . . . . 92 The Common Heron . . . 97 Time of Shooting . . . . 92 Preservation by Law . . . 97 Heron Hawking . 93 Duke of St. lbanskranb. alconer 95 Colonel Thornhills Hawking Match 5 The Gyr Falcon, . 96 Heronries . . . . . 98 List of Heroilries . . . DS Ihe Rittern . . . 9 9 The Little i t t k n l . . . 102 PREFACE...
