GLOSSARY. 
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GLOSSARY 
OF 
TECHNICAL TERMS.* 
Beard, — A bunch of feathers under the throat of some breeds 
of chickens, such as Houdans or Polish. 
Breed. — Any variety of fowl presenting distinctive character- 
istics. 
Brood, — The family of chicks belonging to a single mother. 
Broody, — Desiring to sit or incubate. 
Carriage, — The attitude or style " of a bird. 
Carunculated. — Covered with small fleshy protuberances, as 
on the head and neck of a turkey-cock. 
Chick, — A newly-hatched fowl. 
Chicken, — This word applies, indefinitely, to any age vmder 
3ne year old. 
Clutch, — This term is applied both to the batch of eggs sat 
upon by a fowl, and to the brood of chickens hatched there- 
from. 
Cockerel. — A young cock. 
Comb, — The fleshy protuberance growing on the top of a 
fowPs head. 
Condition. — The state of the fowl as regards health and beau- 
ty of plumage. 
* The Editor of the American Standard of Excellence deems it proper that he 
should acknowledge his indebtedness to Wright's Illustrated Book of Poultry," 
for this ** Glossary of Technical Terms." 
