Handling pigeons, 262 Harz Mountain Canaries, 271 Hatching season, natural, 93 Hawk-colored fowls, 43 Hawks and guineas, 204 Hempseed for canaries, 274 Hen Pigeons, illustrated, 251 Hen-tailed Bantams, 70 Heron, flight of, 12 Holland Turkey, White, 182; illustrated, 184, 185 Homer Pigeons, 243; Flying, illustrated, 241, 242, 246; squab-breeding, illustrated, 247; squabs of, illustrated, 266 Houdan male, illustrated, 48 House, for fowls, 73, 85, 101, 108; illustrated, 74, 76, 77, 85-89, 118; with open front protected by hood, illustrated, 89; for growing chickens, illustrated, 99, 116; old stone, on Rhode Island farm, illustrated, 100; moving a colony to, 104; interior of a compartment in, illustrated, 110; for ducks, 138; illustrated, 150, 151; for geese, 169; for turkeys, 190; illustrated, 191; for pheasants, 219 House and fly for pigeons, illustrated, 255, 259, 262-265 Houses at agricultural colleges and experiment stations, illustrated, 79, 88, 90, 91, 109 Hungarian Pheasant, 214 Hybrid, defined, 25 Ice supply on large duck farms, 154 Incubation, appearance of eggs at various stages of, illustrated, 20, 21; period of, 96, 142, 171, 196, 205, 210, 220, 228, 236, 267, 275 Incubator cellar, illustrated, 115 Incubators, 306; introduction of, on Long Island duck farms, 148; mammoth, 152 India, antiquity of fowl in, 36; peafowl in, 209 Indian Runner Duck, 132, 141; illustrated, 132, 133 Insects, birds as destroyers of, 5 Instinct, relation of, to incubation, 19; homing, in pigeons, 243 Intelligence of birds, 3 Intensive poultry farms, 110 Invention, relation of, to aviculture, 306 Italian races of fowls, 46 Jacobin Pigeon, illustrated, 243 Japan, antiquity of fowl in, 36 Japanese Bantams, 68; illustrated, 68 Japanese Long-Tailed Fowl, illustrated, 52 Japanese races of fowls, 51 Java, Black, 58 Java, peafowl in, 209 Jersey Blue, 56 Johnnycake for chicks, 98 Journalism, 305 Judging, 293, 304 Kafirs, their method of pulling stumps of ostrich plumes, 238 Kentucky, turkeys in, 189 Killing poultry, 284 Land plaster, use of, in poultry houses, 75 Langshan, Black, illustrated, 40, 41 Language, capacity of birds for, 2 Laugher Pigeon, 239 Lavender Guinea, 203 Lawn clippings for poultry, 76 Laying capacity of birds, 18, 127 Laying habits of birds, 141, 170, 195, 266 Leaves for litter in poultry houses, 76 Leg of bird, contraction of, in perching, 14 Leghorn, 46; illustrated, 10, 11, 45, 81; early growth of feathers of, 11 Legislation relating to aviculture, 309 Lettuce for canaries, 273 Lice, how fowls rid themselves of, 77; to destroy, on sitting hens, 96 Lime in eggshells, 16 Lincolnshire Buff, 63 Litter in poultry houses, 76, 138 Lizard Canary, 271