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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



FIG. 28 



Squirrel Tail. A tail in which the feathers are car- 

 ried so far forward as almost to touch the head, like the 

 tail of a squirrel. Fig. 28. 



Stag. A young game cock; also, 

 a turkey cock. 



Standard Mating. A mating in 

 which the fowls conform to Stand- 

 ard description; sometimes called 

 single mating when the purpose is 

 the production of both males and 

 females. 



Station. Manner of standing; at- 

 titude, or pose of a fowl. A fowl 

 is said to have good station when 

 it has a form typical of the breed 

 to which it belongs, has good symmetry, and the proper 

 height and reach. Station is a term applied more 

 especially to game fowls. Compare with carriage. 



Steppings.A term used in England to describe the 

 effect produced by the ends of the secondary feathers, 

 each one of which is shorter than the one immediately 

 below it, giving the appearance of a flight of steps. 



Stippling. The effect produced on plumage by dots 

 of dark and of light shades of color, as in Brown Leg- 

 horn females. Fig. 29. 



Strain. Fowls of one variety that have been bred in 

 line for a number of generations from a 

 few original fowls. 



Strawberry Com b. A 

 lump comb, somewhat re- 

 sembling a strawberry in 

 shape, as in Malays and 

 Silkies. Fig. 30. 



Striping. Markings of 

 dark color that extend 

 down the middle of a 

 FIG. 29 feather and taper to a FlG - 30 



point near the tip of the feather, as in Light Brahmas, 

 Brown Leghorns, and some other fowls. Fig. 31. 



