. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 104 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S dwellings. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament; nor is it figured on the old Egyptian monuments. It is not referred to by Homer nor Hesiod (about 900 B. C); but it is mentioned by Theognis and Aristo- phanes between 400 and 500 B. C. It is figured on some of the Baby- lonian cylinders, between the sixth and seventh centuries, B. C, and on the Harpy Tomb in Lycia about 600 B. C, so that we may feel pretty confident that the fowl reached Europe somewhere near the sixth cen- tury, B. C. It had traveled still farther w
. The American fancier's poultry book. Poultry. 104 THE AMERICAN FANCIER'S dwellings. It is not mentioned in the Old Testament; nor is it figured on the old Egyptian monuments. It is not referred to by Homer nor Hesiod (about 900 B. C); but it is mentioned by Theognis and Aristo- phanes between 400 and 500 B. C. It is figured on some of the Baby- lonian cylinders, between the sixth and seventh centuries, B. C, and on the Harpy Tomb in Lycia about 600 B. C, so that we may feel pretty confident that the fowl reached Europe somewhere near the sixth cen- tury, B. C. It had traveled still farther westward by the time of the Christian era, for it was found in Britain by Julius Caesar. In India it must have been domesticated when the Institutes of Manu were written ; that is, according to Sir W. Jones, 1200 B. C, but according to later authority of Mr. H. Wilson, only 800 B. C, for the domestic fowl is for- bidden while the wild is permitted to be ; Mr. Wright, in his book on poultry, speaks of the subject as follows: "We have on several occasions incidentally stated our opinion that more facts, need to be ascertained before the question of the origin of the domestic fowl can be satisfactorilv settled. It is well known, however,. GALLUS BANKIVA. that modern naturalists, among whom Mr. Darwin deserves special mention, believe that one existing wild variety known as the Gallus Bankiva, is the sole progenitor; and we formerly accepted this view ourselves on what we supposed to be sufficient authority of such names, but have been gradually led to look upon it with the greatest distrust by facts which have since fallen under our observation, or been communi- cated to us by others in the course of an extensive correspondence upon poultry matters. Continuing, Mr. Wright says : "The Gallus Sonnerattii is a very peculiar and apparently distinct variety. It is confined to the more southerly parts of India, among which, however, it is very common, and is known as
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