Rl'ral School, Leaflet. 



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which another pupil shows on the same section of another fowl of the 

 same sex. The principle should be emphasized that the similarity be- 

 tween the feathers is not by chance, but that the feathers of the same 

 size and shape will always be found on the same section of the same sex 

 and same variety. 



Fig. 6g — The feathers of a cock showing their relative size, shape, and position. I, Neck 

 hackle; 2, Breast; j, Wing shoulder covert; 4, Wing flight covert; 5, Wing prhnary; 6, 

 Wing secondary; 7, Wing covert; <?, Back; 9, Tail covert; 10, Main tail; li. Fluff; 12, 

 Thigh; ij, Saddle hackle; 14, Sickle; 15, Lesser sickle. 



Point out how the feathers from each section differ, in shape, 

 size, and structure, from feathers on other sections of the same fowl. 

 Call attention to the fact that this difference is always to be found in 

 normally developed fowls. 



Following are given the feather sections of a fowl both male and 

 female, the name of the feathers to be found on each, and definitions: 



