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AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 



THE FEMALE 



In but a few sections does the shape of the female so radically 

 differ from that of the male that it requires a different treatise. 

 What follows applies to those sections. 



Comb. The description of comb for male and female coin- 

 cides, except that the comb of the female is much smaller. A 

 female comb may easily be too large, and while small combs are 

 preferred, they should not be so small as to be difficult to observe, 

 in which case this may indicate constitutional or sexual weakness, 

 which is, however, readily determined in other ways. 



PLATE 16 



1. 2. 3. 



DEFECTIVE, WELL FOKMED AND IDEAL FRONT VIEW 



1. Comb, loose, falling to one side; neck, not nicely tapered to 

 head; wings drooped; breast and body narrow and pinched underneath; 

 knee joints turned inward; crooked toes. 



2. Strong, substantial shoulders, breast and body, with well poised 

 neck tapering neatly to excellent head with neat, straight comb. Strong, 

 well formed legs and feet well apart. 



3. Same figure as No. 2 idealized. 



