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AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 

 PLATE 27 



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SOME OF THE DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF 



BARRING FOUND IN BARRED PLYMOUTH 



ROCK PLUMAGE 



1. Feather from wing-bar of a very dark colored male. Dark color 

 very predominant; bars very coarse; dark bars not sharply defined, 

 inclined to blend into light bars; dark bar at tip is very much narrower 

 than other bars of this feather. 



2. Feather from breast of a very light male. Light ashy-gray bars 

 very coarse, only two showing plainly across the web or surface; tip 

 wide and nearly all of light color but very faintly darkened at tip; 

 fluff or undercolor nearly white. 



3. Feather from wing-bar of rather dark female. Bars few, very 

 coarse and broad; unusually broad, dark marking at tip; only two dark 

 bars and two light bars across web proper; one strong bar across where 

 web and fluff join; one faintly colored, gray bar across fluff. 



4. Feather from wing-bar of medium colored female. Bright con- 

 trast between dark and light bars, dark bars running somewhat into 

 light bars; dark bar only a spot at tip instead of a well-defined bar 

 across the end; light bars too broad toward tip. 



5. Feather from cushion of female, darker than medium. Dark 

 bars slightly inclined to be crescentic in web and even more crescentic 

 in fluff; barring quite regular from tip to base; bar at tip shows slight 

 grayish edging (or frosting). 



6. Feather from neck of medium colored, high quality female. Dark 

 and light barring very regular in web, crossing nearly at right angle; 

 bar very straight at this point; dark and light bars in web of nearly 

 same width; bar at tip quite correct; barring in fluff not quite as regular 

 as in preceding feather. 



