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THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



TECHNICAL TERMS. 



1. Comb. 



2. Face. 



3. Wattles. 



4. Deaf-ear or Ear-lobes. 



5. Hackle. 



6. Breast. 



7. Back. 



8. Saddle. 



9. Saddle-hackles. 



10. Sickles. 



11. Tail-coverts. 



12. True Tail-feathers. 



13. Wing-bow. 



14. Wing-coverts, forming the &quot;bar.&quot; 



15. Secondaries, lower ends forming the wing or 



lower butts. 



16. Primaries, or Flights, not seen when wing is 



clipped up. 



17. Point of Breast-bone. 



18. Thighs. 



19. Hocks. 



20. Legs or Shanks. 



21. Spur. 



22. Toes or Claws. 



