SECTION I. 



CHAPTER I. 



GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



Barring. Bars or stripes extending across a feather at right 

 angles to its length, or nearly so. (See figures 3 and 4.) 



Bay. A rich brown-red; red with a brown tinge, similar to 

 reddish chestnut. (Bay shows more red than mahogany. 

 See mahogany.) 



Beak. The projecting mouth parts of chickens 

 and turkeys, consisting of upper and lower 

 mandibles. (See figures 1 and 2.) 

 Black. Absence of spectral color. The oppo- 

 site or negative of white. 



Blade. The rear part of a single comb, back 

 of the last well-defined point, usually extend- 

 ing beyond the crown of the head, smooth 

 and free from serrations. (See figure 5.) 

 Bluish. Pure blue does not 

 appear in the feathers of 

 fowls. The color termed 

 blue or bluish by poultry- 

 men is produced by a 

 mixture of black and 

 white with the addition 

 of a small percentage of 

 red pigment. 



Brassiness. Having the color of brass ; yel- 

 lowish. A serious defect in all varieties of 

 Plymouth Rocks. 



Breast. As applied to fowls, this term is 

 generally understood to mean that part 

 which surrounds the fore part of the keel 

 bone. (See figures 1 and 2.) 

 Breed. A race of fowls, the members of 

 which maintain distinctive shape charac- 

 teristics that they possess in common. 

 Breed is a broader term than variety. 

 Breed includes varieties, as, for example, 

 the Barred, White and Buff varieties of 

 the Plymouth Rock breed. 



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Figure H. 

 Barred Feather 

 Ideal. (Female.) 



Figure 4. 



Barred Feather. 



Ideal. (Male.) 



