GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 279 



Wattles. Pendant growths of flesh that hang on each 

 side of the beak; most prominently developed in male 

 fowls. 



Web. (1) The upper part of a feather where the barbs 

 are stuck together; the flat, thin feather structure beyond 

 the fluff part of the feather. See feather and a, Fig. 12. 

 (2) The skin growing between the toes. (3) The skin 

 between the joints of the wing. 



Web Foot. A foot with webs between the toes. When 

 a fowl other than a water fowl has a foot with webs 

 between the toes, it is said to have a web foot. 



Wheaten. An uneven brown like that on ripe standing 

 wheat; peculiar to some females of the Black-Breasted 

 Red Games and the Faverolles. 



Whip Tail. The fine, slim tail of the modern game or 

 game bantam fowl. 



Whiskers. Feathers growing from the side of the face; 

 same as muff. Sometimes applied to the muffling below 

 the beak. See d, Fig. 1. 



Whole Color. A fowl is said to be of a whole color 

 when all of its plumage is of one color, as buff or 

 black, but this does not mean that all the plumage must 

 be of one shade of the color. 



Willow Color. A greenish yellow color peculiar to 

 the shanks of some game fowls. 



Wing Bar. A bar of dark color across the middle of 

 a wing. See 55, Fig. 1. 



Wing Bay. A triangular surface 

 showing on the wing where it is folded; 

 located between the wing bar and the 

 point of the wing. See 36, Fig. 1. 



Wing Bow. The surface of the wing 

 between the wing bar and the shoulder. 

 See 33, Fig. 1. 



Wing Butts. The ends of the flight 

 feathers; a misnomer for wing points. 



Wing Coverts. The feathers that FlG - 33 



cover the roots of the secondary flight feathers. 



