The Anatomy
of the
Domestic Fowl

Advanced work in the study of poultry husbandry is now beingdone in this country, to a greater or less extent, at all the two scoreand more Agricultural and other Colleges and Experiment Stations.From these institutions comes the demand for a text-book on theAnatomy of the Domestic Fowl. No complete text-book on thesubject, up to the present, has existed. It is with the hope ofmeeting the demand that this book is published.

In supplementing the information gathered from the books andarticles listed in the bibliography, the author has spent much timeand effort in obtaining the matter here presented. As this, however,is the initial complete text on the subject necessarily much remainsto be added and corrected. The author would welcome suggestionsand corrections from any one into whose hands the book may come.