STANDARD OF PERFECTION 
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Kg. 17. 
face below the eyes, extending from the beard to the ear-lobes and 
found only on bearded varieties. (See Fig. 9.) 
Obtuse Angle: An angle greater than a right-angle, i.e., one containing 
more than 90 degrees. 
Parti-Colored : Feathers or fowls having two or more 
colors. 
Pea Comb: A triple comb, of medium length, resem- 
bling three straight, single combs placed parallel with 
one another, and joined at base and rear, each having 
short but distinctly-divided serrations, the serrations 
of the two outer rows being lower and smaller than 
those of the middle row, and those of each row being 
larger and somewhat thicker midway of the comb 
than at front and rear. (See Figs. 7 and 8.) 
Pen: A male and four females. 
^ Penciling: Small markings or stripes on a feather. 
They may run straight across, as 
in the penciled Hamburgs, in 
which case thev frequently are 
called bars, or may follow the out- Mo6sy (a defect >- 
line of a feather, taking a crescentic form, as in 
the Dark Brahmas, Partridge Cochins, etc. (See 
Figs. 3 and 18.) 
Peppered, Peppering: Sprinkled with gray or black. 
(See "Mealy.") 
Plumage: The feathers of a fowl. 
Poult: The young of the domestic 
turkey, properly applied until the 
sex can be distinguished, when 
they become cockerels and pullets. 
Poultry : Domestic fowls reared for 
exhibition, for the table, or for 
their eggs or feathers. 
Primaries: The flight feathers of the wing, hidden, or 
nearly so, when the wing is closed. 
Profile: A direct side view of a fowl, applied both to 
live specimens and to illustrations. 
* Pullet: A female fowl less than one year old. 
Quill: The hollow, horny, basal part or stem of a 
feather. (See "Shaft"; also Fig. 19.) 
i Rose Comb : A low, thick, solid comb , the upper surface 5 h 
of which should be covered with small, rounded -j £ 
points. This comb terminates in a well-developed 5 * 
spike, which may turn ipward, as in Hamburgs, be Fi g . 19. 
Kg. 18. 
Penciling. Crescentic 
Form (ideal). 
