PLYMOUTH ROCK STANDARD AND BREED BOOK 



Figure 20. 

 Squirrel Tail. (A Dis- 

 qualification in Plym- 

 outh Rocks). 



to draw, paint or engrave 

 by means of dots instead 

 of lines. Noun, the ef- 

 fect obtained in color 

 work by the use of dots 

 instead of strokes or 

 lines. (See figure 21.) 



Strain. A family of any va- 

 riety of fowls bred in line 

 by descent by one breeder, 

 or successor, during a 

 number of years, that has 

 acquired individual char- 

 acteristics which distin- 

 guish it more or less from 

 specimens of other 

 strains of the same variety. 



Stripe. A line or band of color, regular or irregular in form, 

 that differs from the body color of feather. (See figures 9 

 and 10.) 



Striped Feather. A feather, the surface of which contains a 

 line or lines of color, regular or irregular in form, differing 

 from the body color. When more than one stripe is present 

 the feather is said to be laced, or barred, or penciled. 



Stub. A short feather or portion of a feather, when found be- 

 tween or under scales of shanks or toes. 



Surface Color. The color of that portion of the 

 plumage of a fowl that is visible when the 

 feathers are in their natural position. 



Symmetry. Perfection of proportion; the har- 

 mony of all parts or sections of a fowl, viewed 

 as a whole, with regard to the Standard type 

 of breed it represents. 



Tail-Coverts. The curved feathers in front of and 

 at the sides of the tail. (See figure 1.) 



Tail Feathers. Main ; the straight and stiff feath- 

 ers of the tail that are contained inside the 

 sickles and tail-coverts ; the top pair are some- 

 times slightly curved, but generally are straight. 

 (See figures 1 and 2.) 



Thigh. That part of the leg above the shank. (See 



/- * x^ \ 



(ideal). figures 1 and 2.) 



Figure 21. 

 stippled 



