WING COVERTS FRO M THREE PUREBRED SILKY FOWLS 



Coverts are the feathers overlying the bases of the quills of a bird's wings and tail. Those 

 shown above are from purebred Silkies; those of 4A and 5A were all entirely silky, as was also 

 the majority of 20A's. The latter bird, however, had a few normal wing coverts. The birds 5A 

 and 20A are shown in Fig. 10. (Fig. 12.) 



Normal and silky wing coverts from the sporadic Silky hen lA are shown at the left. (The 

 hen lA is shown at the left in Fig. 9.) The feather on the right has a hairy appearance due to the 

 absence of hooked barbules. When these are present the feather assumes a normal appearance as 

 shown by the left hand feather. 



The bird at the right is an extracted second generation Silky hen, a full sister to 6 C shown in 

 Fig. 15. (Fig. 13.) 



