GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



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FIG. 15 



FIG. 16 



Leader. The spike, or heel, on a rose comb the part 

 that extends to the rear. See a, Fig. 22. 



Leaf Comb. A comb consisting of two small sections, 

 each shaped like a leaf. Fig. 16. 



Leggy. A fowl is said to 

 be leggy when it has too 

 great length in legs. 



Leg and Toe Feathering. 

 The feathering on both the 

 shanks and feet; booting. 

 See 25, Fig. 1. 



Lesser Sickles. The 

 smaller tail feathers next to 

 the full, flowing sickles. See 

 29, Fig. 1. 



Line Breeding. Breeding, or following a course of 

 breeding, from a limited number of original fowls. In 

 line breeding the fowls mated are not so closely related 

 as those mated in inbreeding. Line breeding is really 

 a modified form of inbreeding. 



Loop. A double fold in the comb, as in a Minorca 

 female. 



Lopped Comb. A comb that falls over on either side. 

 Same as comb over. Figs. 8 and 24. 



Low Built. Said of a fowl that is very short in the 

 legs and hence carries its. body close to the ground. 

 Lump Comb. Same as strawberry comb. 

 Made Form. The form that may be produced in a fowl 

 by training. 



Main Tail Feathers. The stiff feathers of the tail under 

 and between the sickles and coverts. See 31, Fig. 1. 



Mandibles. The horny upper and lower parts of the 

 beak or bill. 



Marbled. A term used to describe ticked or laced 

 feathers on the breast of Pyle Game cocks. 



Markings. Striping, lacing, barring, or marks of any 

 kind on the plumage. 



Mazarine. Deep-blue or purplish markings across a 

 black feather. 



