Swannery, an English, illustrated, 228 Swans feeding on the water, illustrated, 227 Swedish Duck, Blue, illustrated, 133 Swimming, of birds, economic value of, 14; effect of, on growth of ducks, 151 Swiss Mondaine Pigeon, illustrated, 242 Table fowl, Dorking best type of, 47 Table scraps, feeding to fowls, 77 Tail of bird, its use in flight, 14 Temperature for incubation, 21 Tennessee, turkeys in, 189 Testing eggs to determine fertility, 21, 96, 142 Thoroughbred, defined, 30 Tippler Pigeon, 247 Tom-turkey, 180 Toulouse Goose, 161; illustrated, 159, 160 Train of peacock, 207 Tricolor Canary, illustrated, 270 Triganica Pigeon, 242 Trumpeter Pigeon, 239; illustrated, 249 Tula Goose, 162 Tumbler Pigeon, 247; illustrated, 244, 258 Turbit Pigeon, 251 Turkey, common, illustrated, 181 Turkey hen with brood, illustrated, 198 Turkey nest, illustrated, 196 Turkey roost, illustrated, 194 Turnips for poultry, 90 Uses of birds in domestication, 4 Utility types of poultry, 303 Varieties, 27 Variety, defined, 28 Ventilation, 261 Versicolor Pheasant, 215 Virginia, turkeys in, 189 Voices of birds, 3, 33, 126, 159, 180, 200, 207, 223, 232, 238, 269 Waste food consumed by street pigeons, 256 Water, 81, 98, 141; imperviousness of feathers to, 15; warming, for fowls, 81; propensity of young ducks for, 145; constant supply of, for pigeons, illustrated, 261 Wattles, of fowl, 33; of turkey, 179; of guinea, 200; of pheasant, 211 Web of feather, 9 Webster, Daniel, exhibitor at first poultry show in America, 53 West Indies, guinea in, 202 Wheat, 78, 98, 141 Whistling Swan, 222 White eggs, preference for, 289 White of egg, formation of, 17 Wild birds, place of, in civilization, 5 Wild geese, growing, in captivity, 178 Wings, movement of, in flight, 12 Women as poultry keepers, 39, 42, 122 Wood Duck, 134 Wyandotte, 59; Silver-Laced, illustrated, 59; White, 60; illustrated, 60, 82; Partridge, illustrated, 61; Silver-Penciled, illustrated, 61; Buff, origin of, 62; Columbian, illustrated, 62 Yard of small poultry fancier, illustrated, 120 Yards, for fowls, 73; for ducks, 138; for geese, 169; for turkeys, 190; for pheasants, 219 Yellow-legged fowls, American preference for, 55 Yolk of egg, 17 Yorkshire Canary, illustrated, 270 Transcriber's Notes. In the text version, the oe-ligature was changed to the two separate characters, "oe." Also, the macron, which appeared over the "o" in the Greek transliteration of "struthion'" was dropped. Changed "silver penciled" to "silver-penciled" on page 28: "partridge, silver-penciled, and ermine." Changed "out-crosses" to "outcrosses" on page 30: "outcrosses are regularly made." Changed "Siver-Penciled" to "Silver-Penciled" in the caption to figure 51.