STANDARD OF PERFECTION 
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Fig. 23. 
Spangled Feather 
(ideal). 
Slipped Wing: A wing of a fowl not closely folded and held up in proper 
position; a defect resulting from injury, or from weakness of muscles 
of wing. (See Fig. 22.) 
Spangle: A clearly-defined marking of distinctive color, located at the end 
of a spangled feather. (See Fig. 23.) 
Spangled: Plumage made up of spangled feathers. 
Splashed Feather: A feather with colors scattered 
and irregularly intermixed. (See Fig. 24.) 
Spur: A horn-like protuberance, growing from the 
inner side of the shank of a fowl ; may be knob-like 
or pointed, according to the age of the fowl and the 
sex. (See diagram of fowl.) 
Squirrel Tail: A fowl's tail, any portion of which pro- 
jects forward toward the neck, beyond a perpen- 
dicular line drawn from the junc- 
ture of tail and back. (See Fig. 25.) 
Stag: A term used for a young male, 
chiefly employed by game fanciers. 
"Station: Ideal pose, embodying stand- 
ard style and symmetry, notably 
height and reach, as applied to 
Games. 
Stipple: Verb: To execute in stipple, i.e., draw, paint 
or engrave by means of dots instead of lines. Noun: 
The effect obtained in color work by the use of dots 
instead of lines or strokes. (See Fig. 26.) 
' Strain: A family of any variety of fowls bred in line by 
Fig. 24. descent by one fancier, or a successor, during a num- 
KplasheT "leather her of years, that has acquired individual characteris- 
(a defect). tj cs which distinguish it more or less from other 
strains or specimens of the same variety. 
Strawberry Comb: Approaching in 
shape the outline and surface of a 
strawberry. (See Fig. 10.) 
Surface Color: The visible color of 
the plumage when a fowl is at rest. 
(See "Under-Color.") 
Symmetry: Perfection of proportion; the 
harmony of all the parts or sections of 
a fowl, viewed as a whole, Avith regard 
to the standard type of the breed it 
represents. 
Tail-Coverts: The curved feathers in 
front of and at the sides of the tail, Squirrel Taiioi' defect). 
