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Squirrel tail: A fowl's tail, any portion of which projects for- 

 ward toward the neck, beyond a perpendicular line drawn from 

 the juncture of tail and back. 



Strain: A family of any variety of fowls bred in line of descent 

 by one fancier, or a successor, during a number of years, until 

 it has acquired individual characteristics which distinguish it 

 more or less from other strains of the same variety. 



Strawberry comd: Approaching in shape the outline and surface of 

 strawberry. 



Surface color: The visible color of the plumage when a fowl is at 

 rest. 



Symmetry: Perfection of proportion; the harmony of all the parts 

 or sections of a fowl, viewed as a wliole, with regard to the 

 standard type of tlie breed it represents. 



Tail-feathers, main : The straight and stiff feathers of the tail that 

 are contained inside the sickles and tail-coverts; the top pair 

 are sometimes sliglitly curved, but generally are straight. 



Thumb mark: A disfiguring depression whicis sometimes appears in 

 the side of a single comb. 



Toe feathering: The feathers on the toes of a fowl. 



Trio: One male and two females. 



Typical: Expressing a characteristic, in color or form, representative 

 of a breed or varietj'; for example, "typical shape" means the 

 form peculiar to a Ijreed. 



Under color: The color of the downy portion of tlie plumage, not 

 visible when tiic j'.lumage is in its natural position. 



Variety: A subdivision of a breed used to distinguish fowls hav- 

 ing the standard shape of the breed to which they belong, but 

 differing in color of plumage, shape of comb, etc., from other 

 groups of the same breed. The general difference between the 

 terms breed and variety is well brought out in the statement, 

 popular among fanciers, " shape ^makes the breed; color the 

 variety." 



V-.SHAPED COMB: A conib formed of two well-defined horn-like sec- 

 tions. 



Wattles: The pendent growtlis at the sides and base of the beak. 



Web — WEB OF feather: The flat or plumed portion of a feather, 

 made up of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft. Web 

 OF FEET: The flat skin between the toes. Web of wing: The 

 triangTilar skin attaching the wing to the body, visible when 

 wing is extended. 



