APPENDIX 87 



PoxiLT: The young of the domestic turkey, properly applied until the 

 Kex can be distinguished, when they become cockerel:; and 

 jjullets. 



Poultry: Domestic fowls reared for exhibition, for the table, or for 

 their eggs or feathers. 



Primaries : The flight feathers of the wing, hidden, or nearly so, 

 when the wing is close. 



Pullet : A female fowl less than one year old. 



Quill : The hollow, horny, basal part, or stem, of a feather. 



Rose comb: A low, thick, solid comb, the upper surface of which 

 should be covered witli small, rounded points. This comb ter- 

 minates in a well-developed spike, which may turn upward as in 

 Hamburgs; be nearly level, as in the Eose-comb Leghorns, or 

 turn downward, as in the Wyandottes. 



Scaly legs: A fowl's legs with an incrustation or deposit upon and 

 beneath the scales. 



Sec'Oxdarie.s : The long quill feathers that grow on the second joint 

 or fore-arm of a fowl's wing, visible when the wing is folded. 

 With the primaries, they constitute tlie main feathers of the 

 wing. 



Solid color — .self color: A uniform color, unmixed with any other. 



Serrated: Notched along the edge like a saw. 



Serration : One of the projections of a serrate. 



Shaft: The stem of a feather, especially the part filled with pith, 

 which bears the barbs. 



Shank: The lower, scaly part of a fowl's leg, exclusive of the foot 

 and toes. 



Sickles: The long, curved feathers of a male bird's tail, properly 

 applied to the top pair only, but sometimes used in referring 

 to the prominent tail coverts, which also are called lesser sickles. 



Side sprigs: E.xtraneous, well-defined growths on the side of a 

 comb. 



Single comb: A comb consisting of a single thin, fleshy serrated 

 formation, rising from the beak and extending backward over 

 the crown of the head, and, in males, beyond the head. 



Spangle: A clearly-defined marking of distinctive color, located at 

 the end of a feather. 



Spangled: Plumage made up of spangled feathers. 



