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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



Amateur. A person not well informed about the art of 

 poultry raising; a beginner; a novice. 



Antler Comb. A comb composed of two small prongs 

 somewhat resembling antlers; a V-shaped comb; com- 

 mon in Polish, La Fleche, and some 

 strains of Houdans. Fig. 2. 

 A. O. C. Any other color. 

 A. O. V. Any other variety. 

 Atavism. Recurrence to an an- 

 cestral type or to a deformity or 

 disease after its disappearance for 

 several generations; reversion. 



Band. (1) A stripe or marking 

 of any kind at the end of or across 

 a feather. (2) A band of metal or 

 other material, usually stamped with numbers or letters, or 

 colored, for attaching to the shank of a fowl so that it 

 can be identified. 



Bantam. A dwarf, or pigmy, fowl, usually about one- 

 fifth the size of a large fowl of the variety to which it 

 corresponds in every particular except size. 



Barb. One of the side branches of a feather, which 

 collectively make up the web and fluff. See feather. 



Barring. Bands of alternate colors that 

 extend across a feather. Fig. 3. 



Barred to the Skin. An expression ap- 

 plied to fowls whose feathers are barred 

 from the tip to the end of the fluff, as in 

 Barred Plymouth Rocks. 



Bay. A reddish-brown color, approach- 

 ing chestnut; also used to designate eyes in 

 fowls that have an approach to blood-red 

 color. 



Beak. As used by poultrymen, the beak 

 is the bony formation extending from the 

 front of the head of chickens and turkeys; 

 it consists of the upper and lower mandibles. See p, 

 Fig. 1. The corresponding part of water fowls is called 

 the bill. 



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