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ORNAMENTAL AND DOMESTIC
POULTRY:  THEIR HISTORY AND MANAGEMENT. 
By the Rev. EDMUND SAUL DIXON, M.A., Rector of
Intwood with Keswick.

THE BIRDS TREATED OF ARE:—­

Domestic Fowl in general
The Guinea Fowl
The Spanish Fowl
The Speckled Dorkings
The Cochin-China Fowl
The Malay Fowl
The Pheasant Malay Fowl
The Game Fowl
The Mute Swan
The Canada Goose
The Egyptian or Cape Goose
The Musk Duck
The Grey China Goose
The White Fronted or Laughing Goose
The Wigeon
The Teal, and its congeners
The White China Goose
The Tame Duck
The Domestic Goose
The Bernicle Goose
The Brent Goose
The Turkey
The Pea Fowl
The Golden and Silver Hamburgh Fowls
The Cuckoo Fowl
The Blue Dun Fowl
The Large-crested Fowl
The Poland Fowl
Bantam Fowls
The Rumpless Fowl
The Silky and Negro Fowls
The Frizzled or Friesland Fowls.

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