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AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 



Broken stripes are often seen and very often in males that 

 are from well-penciled females. This is another characteristic 

 that breeders who are endeavoring to produce strongly pen- 

 ciled females like to see in a male because it indicates strong 

 penciling in the ancestry. It is not an exhibition quality, how- 

 ever, especially when it appears near the lower end of the feather. 

 (See illustration, Plate 88.) 



The Border. Brilliant red should run evenly down the side 

 of that portion that is known as the surface, and also around 

 the end of each feather. That is, the black stripe should termi- 

 nate in a V-shaped point near the end of each feather, not at the 



PLATE 88 



PAETEIDGE PLYMOUTH BOOKS, HACKLE FEATHEES 

 (From different individuals.) 



1. Weak Stripe. 2. Too dark, black running into fringe. 3. Fairly 

 good. 4. Idealized. 



