Annual production of poultry and eggs in United States, 290 Antwerp Homer Pigeon, 246 Art, relation of, to poultry culture, 306 Aseel, 50 Ashes, use of, in poultry house, 75 Asia, peafowl in, 208; pheasants in, 212 Asiatic races of fowls, 49 Australia, Black Swan discovered in, 223 Austria, goose growing in, 167 Aylesbury Duck, 129; as a market duck in America, 147 Babylonians, knowledge of fowls among, 36 Bache, importation of pheasants by, 212 Bakubas, ducks among the, 127 Bantams, 66; illustrated, 37, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70 Barbs of feather, 9 Barnum, P. T., promoter of an early poultry show, 53 Barrel of dressed poultry iced for shipment, illustrated, 284 Barring, quality in, 295 Bat, a flying animal, 1 Bath, for ducks, 139; for pigeons, 261; for canaries, 273 Beard, of fowls, 10; of turkeys, 180 Bedding for ducks, 138 Beef scrap, 116, 140 Belgian Canary, 271; illustrated, 271 Bill, of duck, 124; of goose, 158 Bird, use of term, 2 Birdseed, composition of, 273 Black Swan, 223 Blackhead in turkeys, 198 Blood, feeding, to fowls, 90 Boat, swimming bird model for, 3, 124 Boston, first poultry show held in, 52 Boston Common, feeding pigeons on, illustrated, 245 Bourbon Red Turkey, 187; illustrated, 188 Brahma Bantams, 71; illustrated, 70 Brahmaputras, 53 Brahmas, Light, illustrated, 22, 36, 37; Dark, illustrated, 51; used for roasters, 116 Bran, 78, 89 Branding swans, 225 Bread, feeding, to swans, 228 Breast in birds, relation of development of, to flight, 12 Breed, defined, 28 Bremen Goose, 161 Broiler growing, 112 Bronze Turkey, 183; illustrated, 186 Broody hen, actions of, 93 Brown eggs, preference for, in Boston, 289 Brunswick Goose, 161 Bucks County Fowl, 56 Buff Turkey, 187 Buoyancy of aquatic birds, 15 Burnham, author of "The History of the Hen Fever," 53 Buttermilk, 98 Cabbage for poultry, 89, 117, 140 Cackling of fowls, 33 Cages for canaries, 272 Call Ducks, 133, 134; illustrated, 135 Cambridgeshire Bronze Turkey, 182 Canada Goose, 165; illustrated, 166 Canary Islands, canaries in, 269 Candling eggs, 21, 283; illustrated, 282 Capon, 116 Carneaux squabs, illustrated, 266 Carrier Pigeon, 243 Cart, used on poultry farm, illustrated, 102 Cats and canaries, 272 Cayuga Duck, 131 Cement floor in poultry house, 74 Central America, turkey in, 181 Ceylon, peafowl in, 209 Chalazæ, function of, 17 Charcoal fire, incubating eggs over, 307 Chicken, exclusion of, 22; technical use of term, 35 Chickweed for canaries, 273 Children as poultry keepers, 39, 42 China, introduction of poultry into, 36; Pekin Duck brought from, 131; artificial incubation in, 305 China Geese, 162; illustrated, 162, 163 Chinese races of fowls, 51