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AMERICAN POULTRY ASSOCIATION 
Pig. 26. 
Stippled Feather 
usually of same color as the tail, but sometimes laced or penciled. (See 
diagram of fowl.) 
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 slightly curved, but generally are 
straight. (See diagram of fowl.) 
Thighs: That part of the legs above the shanks. (See 
diagram of fowl.) 
Thumb Mark: A disfiguring depression which some- 
times appears in the side of a single comb. (See 
Fig. 27.) 
Toe-Feathering: The feathers on the toes of a fowl. 
(See Fig. 28.) 
Topknot: A word wrongly used 
as meaning crest; no longer 
employed by fanciers. 
Trio: One male and two females. 
Twisted Comb: An irregularly- 
shaped comb, falling or curving 
(Meal), from side to side, being dis- 
torted from the normal, perpendicular position. 
(See Fig 29.) 
Twisted Feather: Feather with quill or shaft 
twisted. (See Fig. 22.) 
Typical: Expressing a characteristic, in color or 
form, representative of a breed or variety— showing L^Singfe Comb, 
for example, typical shape, meaning the form Thumb Mark, Wrinkled Ear- 
!• * i. J lobe, Wrinkled Wattles and 
peculiar to a breed. Wattles of Unequal Length 
Under-Color : The color of the downy portion of (defects). 
the plumage, not visible when the plumage of a fowl is in its natural 
position. (See Fig. 19.) 
Variety : A subdivision of a breed 
(see definition of breed) used 
to distinguish fowls having 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.' 
Fig. 28. 
Cochin Leg and Toe Featherin 
B,B, Lower Thigh; C,C, Shan! 
A, Upper Thigh; 
D,D, Toe. 
