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POULTRY, BREEDING. 
when hoHotf, Vascular, and not indented. There are other forms but 
they are composed of parts or unions of those particularized. 
The Plumage. 
With the hen there may be three kinds of feathers distinguished : 1. 
The large feathers on the wings for flying, and on the rump to form the 
{{tail; 2. the middle-sysed feathers which cover the large feathers, and are 
also found on the wing and rump ; 3. the neck, the hack, tin the 
throat, the shoulders, and a part of the wings. They are always in layers 
compactly covering those beneath them liko tiles. We shall designate 
them by the name of the places they occupy, and refer to the engravings 
to render them easy to recognize : 
Explanation— A — The upper feathers of the head are very small In those fowls no* y 
tufted. They surround the skull. 
