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AMERICA* J'O I LTlf ) A HSOCIATION 



Figure 17. 



Slipped Wing and Twisted 

 Feather (Defects). 



Sickles. The long, curved feathers 

 of the male bird's tail, properly 

 applied to the top pair only, but 

 sometimes used in referring to 

 the prominent tail-coverts, which 

 are also called smaller sickles. 

 (See figure 1.) 



Side Sprig. A well-defined, pointed 

 growth on the side of a single 

 comb. (See figure 16; also, plate 

 7, figure 5, page 117.) 

 Single Comb. A comb consisting of a single, thin, fleshy, ser- 

 rated formation, rising from the beak and ex- 

 tending backward over the crown of the head 

 and in males, beyond the head. (See figure 5.) 



Slate. Gray, of medium or dark shades. 



Slipped Wing. A wing of a fowl not closely folded 

 and held up in proper position ; a defect result- 

 ing from injury or from weakness of muscles 

 of wing. (See figure 17.) 



Smaller Sickles. See "Sickles." 



Splashed Feather. A feather with colors scattered 



and irregularly intermixed. (See figure 18.) 

 Split Comb. A single comb which is divided per- Sp ^JfJS 

 pendicularly and the two parts overlap. (See 

 figure 19.) 



Spur. A horn-like protuberance growing from the inner side 

 of the shank of a fowl. It may be knob- 

 like or pointed, according to the age and 

 the sex of the fowl. (See figure 1.) 



Squirrel Tail. A fowl's tail, any portion of 

 which projects forward, beyond a per- 

 pendicular line drawn through the junc- 

 ture of tail and back. (See figure 20.) 



Standard-Bred. Fowls bred to conform to 

 the requirements of the American 

 Standard of Perfection. 



Figure 19. 



split comb. Show- Stern. The lower or under part of the pos- 

 ing the Tendency of . . . f . * 

 the Blade to Divide tenor section of a fowl. 



Perpendicularly (Dis- ,. 1-171 i 



qualification). Stipple. Verb, to execute on stipple, i. e., 



fective) 

 Feather. 



