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erately large" when compared with other sections of the same 

 bird. The Standard could have specified a small, delicate, finely 

 cut head for the Plymouth Rock male, or one that would be dis- 

 tinctly large. What it actually has done, however, is call for a 

 head of "moderate size" moderate when compared with other 

 parts or sections of the bird. The Standard goes farther and 

 exactly illustrates the correct proportion in the cuts on page 110 

 and following pages, so that the breeder may have at hand an 

 exact "pattern" for comparison. 



The head of any individual Plymouth Rock male, therefore, 

 approximates correct size just in proportion as it conforms to 

 the development indicated. And the same principle applies to all 

 other parts or sections of Standard-bred fowls. 



Twelve full page illustrations show ideal profiles of males 

 and females of all the different varieties of Plymouth Rocks and 

 elsewhere in the book will be found illustrations showing the 

 proportions of such other parts as cannot be exactly shown in 

 the profiles. The beginner who makes a careful study of these 

 illustrations will at no time have to go outside of this book to 

 determine what is meant by any term relating to proportion. 

 (H.T.J.) 



CHAPTER II. 



COLOR TERMS 



Poultrymen generally have found it quite difficult to agree 

 upon exact shades of color for different breeds and varieties of 

 fowls and more or less confusion has always existed on thi 

 point. One reason for this is the great variety of possible shades 

 in all colors. The Standard Dictionary, for example, recognizes 

 over one hundred and sixty kinds of "red" and over one hundred 

 kinds of "black," with a similar range in other colors. The situ- 

 ation is further complicated by the fact that no exact definitions 

 of color terms exist that enable one to determine with any cer- 

 tainty the precise shade of color specified in any given instance. 

 Neither has it been found practicable to produce a color chart 

 that can be used with any degree of certainty. It is undoubtedly 

 true, in the case of all colors, that the true and exact shades can 

 be learned only by observation. 



