. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 578 POULTRY POULTRY stations and has presented a new and serious dif- ficulty. This is bacterial in origin, due to B. Seoticus. All precautions should be taken against spreading or harboring this germ wherever the rearing of grouse is to be attempted. Literature. Sylvester D. Judd, The Grouse and Wild Turkeys of the United States and Their Economic Value, Bulletin No. 24, Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture (19D5); C. F. Hodge, Domesticating the Ruffed Grouse, Country Life in America, April, 1906.
. Cyclopedia of farm animals. Domestic animals; Animal products. 578 POULTRY POULTRY stations and has presented a new and serious dif- ficulty. This is bacterial in origin, due to B. Seoticus. All precautions should be taken against spreading or harboring this germ wherever the rearing of grouse is to be attempted. Literature. Sylvester D. Judd, The Grouse and Wild Turkeys of the United States and Their Economic Value, Bulletin No. 24, Bureau of Biological Survey, United States Department of Agriculture (19D5); C. F. Hodge, Domesticating the Ruffed Grouse, Country Life in America, April, 1906. Guinea-fowl. Numida meleagris. Numididce. Fig. 593. By T. F. McGrew. The guinea-fowls belong to the gallinaceous division of birds. They were found originally in Africa, and are said to have been reared centuries ago by the Greeks and Romans as table poultry. They were brought into the West Indies by immi- grants, and from there were well distributed over the entire American continent. They are of a semi-wild nature ; even when domesticated they almost refuse to make their nests other than in hiding, where they deposit, hatch and rear their young. Varieties. The Pearl guinea, the most common variety of the family, has been so named from the fact that its plumage is dotted with white spots, the body color being purplish gray. The spots are of a pearl shape and color. The head is bare of plu- mage, with a bony pro- tuberance on the crown that is often called a helmet, sometimes spoken of as the comb of the guinea-fowl. It has small wattles, bright-colored eyes, and alert, quick car- riage. It is difficult to distinguish the male from the female. The male has a tendency to travel on tiptoe as he moves about, and his cry or call is a little louder and harsher than that of the female, and of greater duration. This variety is most valued because it is the largest and most vigorous. Vulturine guinea (AcryUium vulturinum).—The so-called Vulturine guinea-fowl is a most beau- tiful wi
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