THE GALL OF THE HEN. 



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Fig. 10. Then move the left hand down, as in Fig. 10, 

 and hold left hand firm enough to keep her in place while 

 removing right hand. 



TYPE. 



Fig. 11. Now, brush feathers away from vent with back 

 of hand and part the feathers near pelvic bones with fingers. 

 Then grasp end of pelvic bone so that it comes flush with 

 ouside of fingers, as in Figs. 11 and 24. This indicates the 

 Type of the bird. Some will be one-sixteenth (Vie) of an 

 inch thick, including the flank as held between the thumb 



FIG. 1C Showing another movement that has proved an aid 

 in testing type. The legs are drawn well under the hen, thus throw- 

 ing the pelvic bones forward. The right hand is then removed 

 and used to examine the thickness of the pelvic bones (Fig. 11). 



and forefinger, as seen in Figs. 11 and 24, and will vary all 

 the way up to one and a quarter (I 1 /**) inches, including 

 bone, gristle, fat, and flank, as seen in Fig. 31. 



The reader is aware by this time that we are in the chapter 

 pertaining to Type, the last of the three classes that it is 



