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nearly perfect in proportion, and yet “‘carry” him- 
self awkwardly. 
Tail coverts—The soft, glossy, curved feathers at the 
sides of the bottom of the tail, usually the same color 
as the tail itself. 
Tail feathers—The straight and stiff feathers of the tail 
only. The top pair are sometimes slightly curved, 
but they are nearly always, if not quite, straight, and 
are contained inside the sickles and tail coverts. 
Thighs—The joint above the shanks, the first joint 
clothed with feathers. The same as the drumstick in 
dressed fowls. 
Topknot—Same as crest. 
Trio—A cock or cockerel and two hens or pullets. 
Under-color—The color of the plumage seen when the 
surface has been lifted. It chiefly depends on the 
down seen at root of every feather. 
Vulture hocks—Stiff projecting feathers at the hock 
joint. The feathers must be both stiff and projecting 
to be thus truly called and condemned. 
Wattles—The red depending structures on each side of 
the base of the beak. Chiefly developed in the male 
sex. : 
Web—This term is indefinite, expressing a flat and thin 
structure. ‘The web of a feather is the flat or plume 
portion ; the web of the foot, the flat skin between 
the toes; of the wing, the triangular skin seen when 
the member is extended. 
Wing bar—Any line of dark color across the middle of 
the wing, caused by the color or marking of the feath- 
ers known as the lower wing coverts. 
Wing bow—The upper or shoulder part of wing. 
Wing butts—The corners or ends of the wing. The 
upper ends are more properly called the shoulder 
butts, and are thus termed by game fanciers, The 
lower, similarly, are called the lower butts. 
