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The Australasian Book of Poultry. 
S/iaf/.— The (juill, or stem, running through the centre of the feather. 
Shank. — The lower part of the leg covered with scales. 
Shoulder Butt.— The rounded end of the wing in front. 
Sickles. — The long curved outside top feathers of a cock's tail ; the smaller curved sickles being called 
secondary sickles. 
Suixle Comb. — An upright comb, consisting of a thin, single, fleshy mass. 
Spangling. — The distinct marking produced by a spot or splash on each feather, and differing in colour 
from the ground colour. 
Spur. — The offensive and defensive weapon growing from the inside of the shank, chiefly developed 
in cocks. 
Squirrel Tail. — The tail carried over the back, and projecting in front of a perpendicular line drawn 
from the root of the tail. 
Stag. — A term used by Game Fowl Fanciers to designate a cockerel. 
Stiiued Lobes. — The earlobes marked or spotted with another colour. 
Station. — An ideal standard for Game Fowls, embodied in style and srmmctrv. 
Strain — A race of Fowls which possesses an individual character of its own, and that has been care- 
fully bred for generations by one breeder or his successor. 
Stvle. — The general shape and appearance. 
Surface Colour. — The colour of the plumage, or feather, which shows upon the surface of a Fowl when 
in normal position and condition. 
Symmetry. — Perfection of proportion (cjuite distinct from carriage). This is noticed by handling, a 
bird frequently being of nearly perfect symmetry, yet having an awkward carriage. 
Tail Coverts. — The soft, glossy, curved feathers near the root of the tail, covering the quill feathers of 
the tail in cocks, being plain in hens, covering the true tail also. 
Tail Feathers. — These compose the true tail, which are inside of the sickles and tail coverts in cocks, 
and inside the tail coverts in hens. 
Thighs. — The joints above the shanks, called the drumstick in dressed Poultry. 
Trio. — A cock or cockerel and two hens or pullets. 
Under Colour.— Tha colour of the plumage hidden when the Fowl is in a normal position, and noticed 
when the surface of the feather has been lifted, applying to the down at the roots of the feathers. 
Variety. — A term used to denominate Fowls possessing characteristics in common. 
Venetianed. — This term is used to define the lapping over of the tail feathers. 
Vulture Hock. — Stiff projecting feathers, covering the hock joint. 
Wattles. — The fleshy, pendulous structures at each side of the base of the head. 
Wcb. — Thh is used to define various characters. The ivcb of the feather is tha flat or plume portion ; 
of the feet, the skin between the toes ; of the wings, the triangular skin between the wings and body. 
Whip Tail. — The feathers lying close together, and folding over each other. 
Wing-bar. — The line of dark colour across the centre of the wings, and known as lower wing coverts, or 
wing-bar. 
Wi?ig-boiv. — The upper side of the wing next the shoulder. 
Wing-Butts. — The corners or ends of the wings, composed of the extreme edge of the shoulder 
and front. 
Wing Coverts. — The wing-bar. 
Wry Tail.— One that inclines either to the right or left, and is not carried in a straight line with the 
head. 
