GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



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Stub. A short piece of the quill of a feather; especially, 

 a short piece of the quill of a feather occasionally 

 found on the shanks of smooth-legged 

 fowls. 



Style. A fowl is said to have style when 

 it presents a fine, spirited appearance, and 

 nas good symmetry, station, and carriage. 



Supplementary Lacing. An outside edg- 

 ing or lacing of a different shade or tint 

 than the color next to it, that is found on 

 both laced and solid feathers. When it 

 occurs on laced feathers, as in edging of 

 white around the outside of black lacing, 

 it is the same as double lacing. Fig. 10. 



Surface Color. The color on the parts 

 of the feathers exposed to view. 



Sword Feather. A main tail feather of 

 a Japanese Bantam male. 



Symmetry. The blending of all sections 

 or parts of a fowl into a harmonious whole. 



Tail Coverts. The curved, soft feathers 

 about the sides of the lower part of the 

 tail feathers. See 30, Fig. 1. 



Tail Feathers. The stiff, or main, feathers of the tail. 

 See ji, Fig. 1. 



Team. Three or more fowls shown by one exhibitor. 



Thigh. The upper segment of the leg; it is included 

 between the body of the fowl and the upper extremity 

 of what is known as the drumstick. 



Thoroughbred. (1) Of the best or the purest breeding; 

 in this sense, now generally replaced by the term 

 standard bred. (2) A term descriptive of game cocks of 

 high courage and spirits. 



Throat. Same as gullet. 



Thumb Mark. (1) A hollow place in the side of a 

 single comb. Fig. 24. (2) An opening or split in the 

 front or center of a rose comb. 



Ticked. Plumage is ticked when it has spots of color 

 different from the rest of the plumage. 



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