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AMERICAN POri/l'IfY ASSOCIATION 



Luster. The special brightness of plumage that gives brilliancy 

 to the surface color of the fowl or section. 



Mahogany. A brownish-red. (See Bay.) 



Mealy. Having the appearance of being sprinkled with meal. 

 Applied to buff or red varieties where the ground color is 

 stippled with a lighter color. (See "Stipple," also figure 12.) 



Mossy. Irregular, dark penciling appearing in feathers and 

 destroying the desirable contrast of color. (See figure 13.) 



Mottled. Marked on the surface with spots of 

 different colors or shades of color. 



Nostrils. Opening beginning at base of beak and 

 extending into the head. 



Obtuse Angle. An angle greater than a right 

 angle, i. e., one containing more than ninety 

 degrees. (See figure 25.) 



Parti-Colored. A term applied to feathers or 

 fowls having two or more colors. 



Pen. (Exhibition) : A male and four females of 

 the same variety. 



Penciling. Small markings or stripes on a 

 feather. They may run straight across, as in 

 the Penciled Hamburgs, in which case they 

 frequently are called "bars," or may follow 

 the outline of the feather, taking a crescentic 

 form, as in Silver Penciled and Partridge Plymouth Rocks. 

 (See figure 14.) 



Peppered Peppering. Sprinkled with gray or black. (See 

 "Mealy.") 



Pinion Feathers. The feathers attached to the joint of the wing 

 that is most remote from the body. 



Plumage. The feathers of a fowl. 



Poultry. Domesticated fowls reared for exhibition, or for their 

 eggs, flesh, or feathers. Poultry includes chickens, turkeys, 

 geese and ducks. 



Primaries. (See "Flights.") 



Profile. A direct side views of a fowl. Applied to live speci- 

 mens and to illustrations. 



Pullet. A female fowl less than a year old. 



Pure-Bred. Technically, a fowl whose breeding is "pure" with 

 respect to certain characters. In general use, the term often 

 is inaccurately used when "Standard-bred" is meant, 



Figure 14. 



Penciling 



Crescentic 



Form (Ideal) 



