CHAPTER II 



THE EXTERNAL STRUCTURE OF THE FOWL 



Note to Teacher : The student is to mount a feather from each part 

 of the plumage of a male bird. 



17. The bird is divided into the following principal parts : 

 head, neck, back, saddle, tail, wing, breast, and body. 



The head is divided into comb, face, wattles, eye, beak. The 

 comb may be single comb, rose comb, v-shaped comb, or pea 

 comb. The single comb has a base which attaches the comb 

 to the top of the head. It is provided with a blade and small 

 spikes projecting upward from the comb. Some breeds of fowls 

 have five spikes, others six. The rose comb has a fleshy body 

 attached to the top of the head. It has a flat top, provided 

 with many small -spikes projecting upward and a large spike 

 projecting backward. The v-shaped comb, as the name im- 

 plies, is shaped like the letter v. The pea comb consists of 

 three small single combs arranged side by side, with the two 

 outer combs low and the middle one slightly above the other 

 two. The face is the unfeathered part at the side of the head. 

 The wattles are the two flat, leaf-like structures hanging pendant 

 from the under portion of the lower jaw or mandible. The eyes 

 and ears are located on the side of the head in the region of 

 the face. The ear lobe is a fleshy mass extending downward 

 from the ear opening. It is smooth and its color is either red 

 or white, according to the breed of the fowl. The beak con- 

 sists of an upper part, or upper mandible, and a lower part, or 

 lower mandible. 



18. The neck, is divided into the neck hackle and the cape. 

 The cape is the lower and outer edge of the neck hackle and 

 resembles a cape. 



