The Molting of Fowls. 



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Fig. 4. — Parts of a shaft feather, a, natal down, b, web of ptn- 

 feather, c, sheath; d, shaft. 



down each side of the crop and breast (Figs. 5, and 6). When this 

 Una begins to show, a tuft appears on each thigh and a hne down the 

 spine (Figs. 5, 6, 7). The feathered areas increase m size as the 



