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GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



Hollowed Place in Comb. A depression in the comb of 

 a fowl; same as a thumb mark. Fig. 24. 

 Hood. Neck feathers that curve forwards over the head. 

 Horn Comb. Same as antler comb and V-shaped comb. 

 Horseshoe Lacing. Lacing forming a 

 orseshoe about the tip of a feather. 

 Fig. 13. 



Hump Back. A fowl with a hump back 

 is one that has a knob, lump, or prominence 

 on the back. 



Hybrid. The offspring from two birds of 

 different species; as from mating a gold- 

 finch with a canary, or a turkey with a 

 guinea. 



Ideal. Of a perfection that is seldom 

 FIG. 13 realized. 



Inbred Fowl. An offspring from closely related fowls. 

 Inbreeding. Breeding, or following a course of breed- 

 ing, from nearly related fowls. 

 Incubate. See hatch and sit. 



Irregular Lacing. Incomplete or imperfect lacing about 

 the edge of a feather. 



Jaw. In a fowl, the jaw is that part 

 of the head that supports the upper and 

 lower mandibles. 



Keel. (1) The lower edge of the 

 breastbone. (2) The loose flesh and 

 feathers hanging below the breast in 

 ducks and other poultry. 



Knee Joint. Same as hock joint. See 

 r/% Fig. 1. 



Knob. The protuberance on a goose 

 at the juncture of the head and the bill. FIG. 14 



Knock Kneed. A malformation of the legs of a fowl, 

 in which the hock joints come close together instead of 

 being well apart as they should be. Fig. 14. 



Lacing. The edging along the margin of a feather; it 

 is usually darker in color than the body of the feather. 

 Fig. 15. 



