^68 I'iCiEONS AND ALL AlIOUT TIIEJr. 



SUMMARY OF TERMS. 



The followiug is a uonuise explanation of some of the terms 

 used iu this worli. They are used by fanciers the world 

 over. 



Dew-Lai' — The thin, loose skin, finely feathered, and ex- 

 tending from lower mandible down the throat. 



Dow.\-Fa<ed — An even and unbroken curve of tlie head, 

 from tlie point of the beak to tlie top of the skull. 



Eve-Wattle — A fleshy protuberance growing around the 

 eye in a circular form. 



FoUL-TuTGiiEij — Mixed colored feathers on the thighs. 



Gay-Makkeli — A surplus of white on the colored portion 

 of the body. 



EIalf-Moox — The crescent-shapetl, wliite marking on the 

 croj). 



Hock — The knee-joint. 



Hood — The feathers rising up and extcn<ling arouml the 

 back and the side of the head, and falling forward over the 

 top of the skull and into the sweeji of the "Chain." 



Jew-Wattle — A fleshy protuberance growing out from 

 the root of the "Lower Mandible." 



Jowl — The beak. 



Keel — The breast-bone. 



LowEB Mandible— The lower half of the beak. 



Mane — The feathei s rising upward and backward, meet- 

 ing the "Hood," and extending down the back of the neck. 



Pto.iK-CKEST — The feathers rising to a point at the back of 

 the skull, and falling into the sweep of the "Mane." 



Pj:i5IAKIEs ok Fi.KiHTS — The long quills or first ten featli- 

 trs of the wing. 



Eing-Neck— The white running up on each side of the 

 neck, and meeting at the back of the head. 



Roach-Back— The back TaiSstt or arched. 



Hose-Pimion ok Makkino — A circular patch of white feath- 

 ers, each feather separate and distinct from the other on the 

 colored ground of the shoulder of wings only. 



