Long Island duck farms, 146 Losses due to bad handling of poultry produce, 282 Lyell, James C., on origin of domestic pigeon, 240 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 Phoenix cockerel, illustrated, 52 Pied Guinea, 203 Pigment in feathers, 11 Pigmy Pouters, 251 Plantain for canaries, 273 Plucking live geese, 167