The Essentials of Poultry Raising 



Fig. 3. THE SECTIONS OF THE MALE FOWL. 



1, beak; 2, nostril; 3, comb; 4, crest of head; 5, face; 6, eye; 7, ear; 

 8, ear-lobe; 9, wattle; 10, hackle, neck; 11, front of hackle; 12, breast; 

 13, cape; 14, shoulder; 15, wing bow; 16, wing front; 17, wing coverts, 

 wing bar ; 18, secondaries, wing bay ; 19, primaries, flights ; 20, primary 

 coverts; 21, back; 22, saddle; 23, saiddle feathers; 24, sickles; 25, smaller 

 sickles ; 26, tail coverts ; 27, main tail feathers ; 28, body feathers ; 29, fluff ; 

 30, thigh ; 31, hock ; 32, shank ; 33, spur ; 34, ball of foot ; 35, toe ; 36, toe 

 nail. (R. P. J.) 



19. The back is that portion between the hackle and the saddle. 



20. The saddle is located in that portion between the back and 

 the tail. In the male it is provided with long flowing hackle 

 feathers somewhat resembling the neck hackle. 



