10 TWENTY LESSONS ON POULTRY KEEPING 



the color is called goldeu. Good examples of such naming 

 of varieties are the Silver and Golden Wyandottes. 



A feather, tip of which is black, is called spangled 

 feather (Fig. d). Accordingly, a white feather with a 

 black jjoint is said to be silver spangled ; while a bay feather 

 with a black point is called golden spangled. 



Sometimes feathers are said to be penciled with dark 

 lines. These lines may either follow the outline of the 



Fig. 8. Fig. 9. 







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Fig S — Penciling, parallel Fig 9 — Barred feather (ide il) 



form, (ideal). 



feather as in Fig. 7, or may run straight across the feather, 

 as in Fig. 8. The latter kind of penciling is shown clearly 

 in the Campine varieties, while the outline, or erescentic, 

 kind is shown in the Dark Brahma, and in all partridge 

 varieties. 



As is the case with the laced feather, the background of 

 a penciled feather gives the color. If the lines are against a 

 white ground, the color is called silver; if against a bay 



