. Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture . species, as a rule, only one color would be found, andthat would be brown, which is the prevailing color among smallland birds. 36 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS Distribution of fowls in ancient times. From drawings anddescriptions on ancient tablets and from figures on old coins itappears that the fowl was familiar to the Babylonians seventhousand years ago, and that it was introduced into Egypt about4600 Chinese tradition gives 1400 as the approximatedate of the introduction of poultry into China from the West. At the beginning of the Ch
. Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture . species, as a rule, only one color would be found, andthat would be brown, which is the prevailing color among smallland birds. 36 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS Distribution of fowls in ancient times. From drawings anddescriptions on ancient tablets and from figures on old coins itappears that the fowl was familiar to the Babylonians seventhousand years ago, and that it was introduced into Egypt about4600 Chinese tradition gives 1400 as the approximatedate of the introduction of poultry into China from the West. At the beginning of the Christian Era, the fowl was known to allthe civilized peoples of the Old World and had been introducedto the less civilized races of Europe. Development of principal races of fowls. There is no evidencethat any of the ancient civilized peoples made any effort to im-prove the fowl, nor have any improved races been produced in thelands where those civilizations flourished. Outside of this areamany different types were gradually developed to suit the needs. Fig. 16. Light Brahma cockerel the time of the foundingof Rome the fowl waswell known throughoutNorthern Africa, and inthe Mediterranean coun-tries of Europe as farwest as Italy and was also known inJapan at this it was knownin India is uncertain;if not, it was broughtthere soon after. It issupposed that immedi-ately following their con-quests in Central andWestern Europe theRomans introduced theirpoultry into those re-gions. Thus, at about FOWLS 37
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