GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 271 



Overlap. To lie partly over; said of the colors on 

 plumage when they meet on a ragged edge, giving the 

 appearance of one color overlapping another. 



Parti-Colored. Of several colors, like the Light Brahma 

 or Houdan. 



Pea Comb. A small, low comb divided lengthwise into 

 three parts, and having the appearance of three small 

 single combs placed side by side, as on 

 the Brahma and Aseel. Figs. 5 and 20. 

 Pearl Eyed. See daw eyed. 

 Pen. (1) An enclosure. (2) A fe- 

 male swan. 



Penciling. Narrow lines or markings. 

 The term penciling is applied to several 

 kinds of markings on poultry: (1) The 

 bars on the feathers of Penciled Ham- 

 burgs. (2) The concentric lines that follow the outline of 

 the feather in Dark Brahmas and Partridge Cochins. Fig. 

 21. (3) The fine gray markings on Rouen drakes. (4) 

 The stippling as found on Leghorns and Black-Breasted 

 Red Game females. 



Pen Manners. The behavior of fowls in 

 pens in the show room. 



Pen of Fowls. In the show room, a pen 

 of one male and four females. 



Peppered. Plumage is said to be pep- 

 pered when it is dotted with spots. 



Pile. The spelling used in England for 

 Pyle. 



Pinion. (1) The outermost section of 

 the wing of a bird, bearing the pinion 

 feathers. (2) To cut off the outer part of a bird's wing 

 that bears a considerable proportion of the feathers used 

 in flying, in order to prevent flying. 



Pit. An enclosed space in which fowls are pitted 

 against each other; hence, a fighting place for fowls. 

 Plumage. The feathers and down. 



Point. One of the tapering, sharp-ended serrations of 

 the upper part of a single comb. See a, Fig. 25. 



