Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture

by John H. Robinson

• Malay fowl, [50]
• Mallard Duck, [126];
  • illustrated, [127]
• Maltese Hen Pigeon, [252]
• Manchester Coppy, [271]
• Manchurian Pheasant, illustrated, [215]
• Mandarin Duck, [134]
• Mangel-wurzels, [89]
• Manure, poultry, use of, [75];
  • pigeon, used in manufacture of gunpowder, [253]
• Mash, time of feeding, [78];
  • method of making, [89];
  • use of, [89], [98], [140];
  • cooking, [103]
• Meat meal, [140]
• Mexico, turkey in, [181]
• Middlemen, [275]
• Milk, feeding, to chicks, [98];
  • pigeon, [267]
• Minorcas, illustrated, [48], [49]
• Molting, [11]
• Monaul, illustrated, [216]
• Mondaine Pigeon, Swiss, illustrated, [242]
• Mongolian Pheasant, [215];
  • illustrated, [213]
• Mongrel Geese, illustrated, [167]
• Monks, probable originators of many types of fancy fowls, [48]
• Mule, defined, [25]
• Muscovy Duck, [125], [129];
  • illustrated, [128]
• Mute Swan, [222]

• Narragansett Turkey, [183]
• Native fowls in America, [43]
• Neck, handling ducks by, [125]
• Nest building, [18]
• Nest eggs, [94]
• Nests, fowls', [94];
  • ducks', [138];
  • geese's, [171];
  • turkeys', [195];
  • swans', [228];
  • pigeons', [259], [264];
  • canaries', [274]
• Netherlands, Indian Runner Duck in, [132]
• Netted Guinea, [203]
• New Jersey, pheasant introduced into, [213]
• Norfolk Turkey, [182]
• Norwich Canary, illustrated, [270]
• Nubia, ownership of fowls in, [39]
• Nun Pigeons, illustrated, [252]

• Oatmeal for chicks, [98]
• Oats, [78];
  • feeding, in sheaf, [89]
• Offal of slaughtered animals, feeding, to poultry, [90]
• Oil in feathers, [11]
• Oregon, pheasant introduced into, [213]
• Ornamental birds, number of, in domestication limited, [7]
• Ornamental ducks, [156]
• Ornamental geese, [164]
• Ornithorhynchus, resemblance of, to bird, [1]
• Orpington Ducks, Blue, illustrated, [134]
• Orpington fowl, [63];
  • illustrated, [64], [65]
• Ostrich, illustrated, [231], [233], [235], [237]
• Outdoor quarters for fowls, [72]
• Ovary, [17]
• Oviduct, [17]
• Ovules, numbers of, in hens, [18]
• Owl Pigeon, illustrated, [249]
• Oyster shell for fowls, [81]

• Packing houses, relation of, to distribution of poultry produce, [280]
• Pairing of birds, [3], [168], [178], [205], [210], [219], [236], [262], [274]
• Partridge, peculiarity of flight of, [13]
• Passenger Pigeon, [241]
• Peacock, tail of, [10];
  • Indian, illustrated, [207]
• Pearl Guinea, [203]
• Peas for pigeon food, [265]
• Pekin Duck, [131], [147];
  • illustrated, [131], [140], [141]
• Penguin, locomotion of, [1]
• Perches for pigeons, [259]
• Persia, pigeon in ancient, [245]
• Petaluma, egg farming at, [119];
  • illustrated, [117]
• Philadelphia chickens, [114]
• Phœnix cockerel, illustrated, [52]
• Pied Guinea, [203]
• Pigment in feathers, [11]
• Pigmy Pouters, [251]
• Plantain for canaries, [273]
• Plucking live geese, [167]
• Plymouth Rock,
  • Barred, [57], [295];
    • illustrated, [54], [55], [80];
  • White, [58];
    • illustrated, [56];
  • Buff, [59], [62];
    • illustrated, [57];
  • Columbian, [61];
    • illustrated, [62];
  • Silver-Penciled, [61];
    • illustrated, [58]
• Point Judith Bronze Turkey, [183]
• Polish, [47];
  • White, [34];
  • Silver-Spangled, illustrated, [39];
  • White-Crested Black, [47]
• Pomeranian Goose, [161]
• Poult, [180]
• Pouter Pigeon, [250], [297];
  • illustrated, [250]
• Preserved eggs, [286]
• Prices, how determined, [278];
  • of fancy poultry and pigeons, [301]
• Profits, computation of, [72]
• Pullet, [35]
• Pure-bred, defined, [30]

• Quail, laying of, in captivity, [18]
• Quantity of food, [80], [88]

• Range, advantages of, [85]
• Rapeseed for canaries, [273]
• Réaumur, experiments of, in incubation, [307]
• Reptile, resemblance of duckling to, [142]
• Retailing poultry produce, [275], [288]
• Rhode Island, goose growing in, [173]
• Rhode Island Red, [61], [100];
  • illustrated, [32]
• Ringneck Pheasant, illustrated, [212]
• Roaster growing, [113];
  • illustrated, [114]
• Rock Pigeon, [241]
• Roller Canaries, [271]
• Roller Pigeons, [248]
• Romans, distribution of domestic fowl by, [36], [46];
  • peacock a favorite dish among, [209]
• Rooster, use of term, [34]
• Rose-Comb Black Bantam, illustrated, [69]
• Rotten egg, appearance of, when candled, [96]
• Rouen Duck, [130], [141];
  • illustrated, [130]
• Rudiments of judging poultry, [293]
• Ruff, occurrence of, in pigeons, [10]
• Rumpless Fowl, [65]
• Running board for pigeons, [260]
• Runt Pigeon, [251];
  • illustrated, [241], [250]
• Russia, geese in, [167]
• Rye, [78], [116], [154]

• Saddleback Goose, [161]
• St. Andreasberg Roller, [271]
• Salt for pigeons, [265]
• Sawdust in poultry house, [75]
• Scalding poultry, [284]
• Scale on beak of young birds, [22]
• Scales, relation of, to feathers, [8]
• Scoring, [300]
• Scotland, wild pigeon in, [240]
• Scratching of birds, use of, [14]
• Sebastopol Goose, [165];
  • illustrated, [165]
• Sebright Bantam, [70];
  • illustrated, [70]
• Shanghai, [53]
• Shavings for litter in poultry house, [76]
• Shell of egg, formation of, [17]
• Silky fowl, [65]
• Silver Pheasant, [215]
• Sitting hen, illustrated, [19];
  • food for, [95]
• Slate Turkey, [187]
• Slip, an imperfect capon, [117]
• Snow, effect of, on poultry, [81], [92], [107], [125], [269]
• Social relations of birds, [3]
• South America, guinea in, [202]
• Space per bird in poultry house, [86]
• Spain, turkey in, [181]
• Spanish Goose, [162]
• Spanish, White-Faced Black, illustrated, [38]
• Spanish races of fowls, [49]
• Sparrow, laying capacity of, [18]
• Species, predatory relation of, [6];
  • defined, [24];
  • origin of, [25]
• Sprouted oats, [78]
• Spurs, [33], [117]
• Squab, [240];
  • illustrated, [266], [267]
• Squeaker. See [Squab]
• Standard-bred, defined, [30]
• Standards for judging exhibition poultry, [299]
• Strain, defined, [29]
• Stub feather, [9]
• Subvariety, defined, [29]
• Summer quarters for poultry, illustrated, [123]
• Sunlight, benefits of, [73]
• Swan and nest, illustrated, [224]
• Swannery, an English, illustrated, [228]
• Swans feeding on the water, illustrated, [227]
• Swedish Duck, Blue, illustrated, [133]
• Swimming, of birds, economic value of, [14];
  • effect of, on growth of ducks, [151]
• Swiss Mondaine Pigeon, illustrated, [242]

• Table fowl, Dorking best type of, [47]
• Table scraps, feeding to fowls, [77]
• Tail of bird, its use in flight, [14]
• Temperature for incubation, [21]
• Tennessee, turkeys in, [189]
• Testing eggs to determine fertility, [21], [96], [142]
• Thoroughbred, defined, [30]
• Tippler Pigeon, [247]
• Tom-turkey, [180]
• Toulouse Goose, [161];
  • illustrated, [159], [160]
• Train of peacock, [207]
• Tricolor Canary, illustrated, [270]
• Triganica Pigeon, [242]
• Trumpeter Pigeon, [239];
  • illustrated, [249]
• Tula Goose, [162]
• Tumbler Pigeon, [247];
  • illustrated, [244], [258]
• Turbit Pigeon, [251]
• Turkey, common, illustrated, [181]
• Turkey hen with brood, illustrated, [198]
• Turkey nest, illustrated, [196]
• Turkey roost, illustrated, [194]
• Turnips for poultry, [90]

• Uses of birds in domestication, [4]
• Utility types of poultry, [303]

• Varieties, [27]
• Variety, defined, [28]
• Ventilation, [261]
• Versicolor Pheasant, [215]
• Virginia, turkeys in, [189]
• Voices of birds, [3], [33], [126], [159], [180], [200], [207], [223], [232], [238], [269]