1162 CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOR. 



JV— The feathers of the toes appear on the outsides. 



O— The middle tail feathers envelop the rump and cover the bases of the large feather* 

 l>f the tail. 



P— The larger tail feathers are in a regular line of seven on each side of the rump, ana 

 form the tail. 



Q—The outside feathers of the shoulders cover a part of the other feathers of the wing. 

 They form the shoulder. 



^— The inside feathers of the shoulders are small, thin, and slender. 



S—The larger feathers of the pinion form, when the wing is opened, a large, arched 

 surface, and are of different sizes. These feathers grow out of the under side of the 

 pinion. 



T— The small outside feathers of the pinion are of dilierent sizes. They come on all 

 the outside sm-faces from tlie shoulder to the pinion. They begin quite small on the out- 

 Bide edge, and finish a medium size on the inside edge. 



IT— The inside feathers of tlie pinion are close, middle-sized, and small, covering the 

 bases of the large feathers of the pinion. 



F— The large flight -feathers, or feathers of the hand, are large and strong, and are of 

 most use to the bird in locomotion. They begin at the under edge of that which is called 

 the top of the wing. 



X^The outside flight-feathers cover the large ones ; thev are stiff and well flattened on 

 the others. 



T— The inside flight-feathers are, some tsmall and others medium-sized; cover th- 

 bases of the flight-feathers. 



Z — An appendix called the pommel of the wing, which represents the fingered part. It 

 Is at the joint of the pinion and has some middle-sized featliers ot the same description as 

 the large pinion feathers, and have some small ones to cover tljem. These feathers assist 

 the flight. 



V. Ideal Shape of Fowls. 



The Dorking fowl may be taken as the embodiment of as much ex- 

 cellence in the same compass as can be found in any other breed. Hence 



IDEAL KHAPE OF FOWL. 



we give an illustration of the Dorking, figured to represent ^he ideaj 

 'shape of the barn-yard fowl. 



