Rural School Leaflet, 



(b) Horizontal Penciled (Silver or Golden Pen- 

 ciled Hamburgs). A feather having narrow, 

 straight stripes across the web at right angles to 

 the shaft. 



(c) Crescentic Penciled (Partridge Cochin, In- 

 dian Game, Partridge, Wyandotte, Silver Pen- 

 ciled Wyandotte). A feather having narrow 

 stripes on the web which follows the outline of 

 the feather, forming a crescent. 



(d) Striped (Hackle of Brahmas and Brown 

 Leghorns, Silver or Golden Laced, or Silver 

 Penciled or Partridge Wyandotte). A feather 

 having a dark stripe through the center on a web 

 of lighter color. 



(e) Spangled (Silver or Golden Spangled Ham- 

 burgs). A feather having a dark colored, round- 

 ish marking on the web near the tip. 



(f) Laced (Silver or Golden Wyandotte). A 

 feather having a dark colored edging about the 

 web of a light colored feather. 



(g) Stippled (Breast of a Rouen Drake). A 

 feather having fine, dark colored markings irreg- 

 ularly placed over the web 



(h) Splashed (Houdans, 

 Anconas and Jubilee Orping- 

 tons). A feather having irregular markings of 

 various colors on the web. 



B. Feather Coloration 



(a) Solid white (White Plymouth Rock, White 

 Wyandotte, White Leghorn). A feather without 

 other color than pure white in quill or web. 



Snow white — designating special purity of white. 



Creamy white — ^white having a slight tinge of 

 yellow. 



Yellow white — ^having a pronounced tinge of 

 yellow. 



Brassy white — showing brilliant yellow cast. 



(6) Solid black (Black Minorca, Black Cochin, 



Black Leghorn, Java, Black Langshan). A feather 



without other color than black in quill or web. ^'^- 22. Shepherd's 



purse 

 Brilliant black — black glistening with brilliancy. ^gee lesson on weeds) 



Fig. 2 1 . — Ctirled dock 

 (See lesson on weeds) 



