21)0 AMERICAN POUT^RY ASSOCIATION 



PLATE 97 



PAKTKIDGE PLYMOUTH EOCK FEMALES, VARIOUS PATTERNS 



OF PARTRIDGE MARKINGS 

 DEFECTIVE FEATHERS FROM FEMALE 



UPPER ROW LEFT TO RIGHT 1. Shows about the right proportion 

 of brown and black. The break in outline of the center penciling is a de- 

 fect. 2. Too much brown. Outlines of pencilings good. 3. Too narrow 

 brown pencilings. Too few pencilings, being two only. Center penciling 

 badly broken. 4. Brown pencilings too narrow, and too few, leaving too 

 much of the web black. This is one example of coarse penciling. 

 5. Slightly different form of number four. 



SECOND ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT 6. Brown pencilings, too narrow 

 and very faulty in outline, do not follow the outline of feather. 7. Brown 

 penciling entirely absent. 8. Brown penciling straight across, not the 

 crescentic shape. Usually seen on young pullets before adult plumage is 

 developed. 9. A long feather near the junction of back and tail, showing 

 penciling without the crescentic form, more resembling coarse striping 

 than penciling. 10. Top, main-tail feather, showing irregularities in pen- 

 ciling on upper web. Also, penciling on lower web not required by the 

 Standard, therefore a defect technically, though not objected to very seri- 

 ously, if at all, by breeders. 11. Main-tail feather showing brown patches 

 and little penciling. Main-tail feathers, except the top ones, should be 

 black. 



