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Figure 12. 

 Mealy (Defec- 

 tive) Feather 



Hackle. The neck plumage of males, formed of the hackle 

 feathers. (See figures 1 and 9.) 



Hackle Feathers. The long, narrow feathers 

 growing on the necks of the males. (See fig- 

 ures 1 and 9.) 



Hangers. A term sometimes applied to the 

 smaller sickles and tail-coverts of males. (See 

 figure 1.) 



Head. The part of a fowl composed of skull and 

 face, to which the comb, beak, wattles and 

 ear-lobes are attached. (See figure 1.) 

 Hen-Feathered. A male bird that resembles a 

 hen, owing to the absence of sickles, pointed 

 hackle feathers, etc., is said to be "hen- 

 feathered." 



Hock. (See "knee-joint" ; also, figure 1.) 

 Horn-Color. Dark, bluish gray under an enam- 

 eled surface. 



Inbreeding. The breeding of very closely related individuals, 

 as sire and offspring, dam and offspring, or brother and 

 sister. The closest form of line breeding 



Iridescent. -Exhibiting colors like those of a 



rainbow ; a prismatic play of color. 

 Keel. The medium ridge on the breastbone of 



fowls. 



Knee-joint. In fowls, the joint between the 

 thigh and shank is called the knee-joint. (See 

 figures 1 and 2.) 



Knock-Kneed. A deformity in which the legs 

 come too near together at the knee-joints, 

 and are bent outward, laterally, below the 

 knees. (See plates 15 and 16, figures 1 and 1, 

 pages 131 and 132.) 

 Leg. Includes thigh and shank. (See figures 1 



and 2.) 

 Line-Breeding. Breeding from a male and 



female of the same strain or line of descent. 

 Mos S g y ur (Defec- Lopped-Comb.-A comb falling over to one 

 tive) Feather. side. To disqualify for a lopped single comb 

 (See "General Disqualifications), some por- 

 tion must fall below the horizontal plane where the comb 

 begins to lop. (See plate 7, figure 1, page 117.) 



