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CYCLOPEDIA OF LIVE STOCK AND COMPLETE STOCK DOCTOB. 



Vulture-hock. — Stiir projecting feathers at the hock-joint. 



Wattles. — The red depending structures at each side of the base of the 

 beak. 



Weh. — Expressing a flat and thin structure. The web of a feather is 

 the flat or plume portion ; the web of the foot, the flat skm between the 

 toes ; of the wing, the triangular skin, seen when the member is extended. 



Wing-bar. — Any line of dark color across the middle of the wing. 



Wing-how. — The upper or shoulder part of the wing. 



Wing-butts — The corners or ends of the wing. Game fanciers denote 

 the upper ends as sliouldcr-butts ; the lower as lower-butts. 



Wing-coverts. — The broad feathers covering the roots of the seconda- 

 ry quills. 



TTTF. NARRAOANSETT TTTRKEY— MALE. 



