Eggs, uses of, 4; number of, set under hen, 95; boiled for chicks, 98; quality of ducks' and hens', compared, 124 Egypt, fowls in ancient, 36; goose sacred in ancient, 166; pigeons in, 244; artificial incubation in, 305 Egyptian Goose, 165 Egyptian hieroglyphics, duck in, 127; goose in, 157 Embryo, growth of, 16, 21 Emden Goose, 158; illustrated, 158 England, colony poultry houses in, 107 English Pheasant, 215 English races of fowls, 46 Evolution, theory of, 25 Exhibition Game Bantams, 70; illustrated, 37 Exhibitions of poultry, illustrated, 292, 297 Face of fowl, appearance of, 8 Fancier, philosophy of the, 302 Fanciers, influence of, on development of types, 37 Fancy poultry plant, illustrated, 121 Fantail Pigeon, 249, 296; illustrated, 298 Farm stock of poultry, illustrated, 84 Fattening chickens in crates, illustrated, 279 Feather beds, 31 Feathers, uses of, 4, 31; structure of, 8; resistance of, to water, 15 Feeding young ducks on duck farm, illustrated, 153 Fence for ducks, 139; for turkeys, 192, 197 Feral race, distinguished from wild, 35 Fertile egg, appearance of, when tested, 96 Feudal system, regulation under, of use of birds in hunting, 5 Flatheaded Canary, illustrated, 271 Flaxseed for canaries, 272 Flies, ducks catching, 144 Flight of birds, 2 Floors in poultry houses, 73 Fly for pigeons, 257 Flying machine, bird a model for, 2 Food, of birds, 15; of fowls, 78 Foot feathering, 37; consideration of, in judging, 295 Fowl, use of term, 2 Fowls and pheasants in same yard, illustrated, 220 French races of fowls, 48 Frillback Pigeons, illustrated, 252 Frizzled fowls, 65 _Gallus Bankiva_, 35; cock, illustrated, 42 Game, resemblance of Brown Pit to wild progenitor, 27 Game Bantam, 37 Gander, 160; fighting, in Russia, 162 Garden, keeping chickens in, 83; keeping ducks in, 145 Germ of egg, 16 German artists, paintings of poultry by old, 48 German races of fowls, 47 Germany, goose growing in, 167 Gizzard, function of, 16; peculiarity of, in ostrich, 232 Gobbler, use of term, 180 Golden Pheasant, 215 Goldfinch, American, erroneously called a canary, 270 Goose-fattening farm, illustrated, 175 Goslings, growth of, illustrated, 172; grazing, illustrated, 174 Gough, John B., a noted poultry fancier, 53 Grade, defined, 29 Grass, in poultry yards, 72; growing goslings on, 172 Grasshoppers, turkeys as destroyers of, 194 Gray Lag Goose, 160 Green ducks, 144 Grit, use of, for poultry, 16 Guinea, color pattern in feathers of, 10; White, illustrated, 202, 204 Gunpowder, use of pigeon manure in manufacture of, 253 Hair, relation of, to feathers, 8 Hamburg, Silver-Spangled, illustrated, 46 Hamburg chicks, early growth of feathers of, 11 Handling ducks, 125