How to draw a Chicken step by step – Drawing for beginners

How to draw a Chicken step by step –  / / / Excerpt from: “What to draw and how to draw it” by Lutz, Edwin George, b. 1868 / / / Published c1913 Publisher [New York] : Dodd, Mead

INSTRUCTIONS
Beginning with number one, then number two, and so on — show how to
go on with your drawing. They give the order in which to make the various strokes of the pencil that together form the completed picture. The dotted lines indicate where light lines are drawn that- help in construction — that is; getting proportions correctly, outlining the general form, or marking details in their proper places.
Do not press hard on the pencil in making these construction lines, then they can be erased afterwards.  Use pencil compasses for the circles, or mark them off with buttons or disks.