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Fig. 184. The exterior of the fowl. Drawing by courtesy of 



Success. 



1. Comb. 



2. Face. 



3. Wattles. 



4. Ear lobe. 



5. Hackle feathers. 



6. Breast. 



7. Back. 



8. Saddle. 



9. Saddle feathers. 



10. Sickle feathers. 



11. Lesser sickle feathers. 



12. Tail coverts. 



13. Main tail feathers. 



14. Wing bone feathers. 



15. Wing coverts, forming 

 wing bar. 



16. Secondary feathers, 

 wing bay. 



17. Primaries or flight 

 feathers. 



18. Flight coverts. 



19. Fluff. 



20. Body feathers. 



21. Thigh. 



22. Knee joint. 



23. Shank. 



24. Spur. 



25. Toe or claw. 



