STANDARD OF PERFECTION 
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Fig 11.. 
Duck-Font ed (a defect). 
white, purple, cream, etc.; they also vary greatly in size. (See dia- 
gram of fowl.) 
Face: The bare skin on the head of a fowl around and below the eyes. 
(See diagram of fowl.) 
Faking: Removing, or attempting to remove, foreign color in face or ear- 
lobes when it is a disqualification; removing one or more side sprigs, or 
trimming a comb in any manner, except the dubbing of Games; arti- 
ficial coloring of any feather; splicing feathers; injury 
to plumage of any fowl entered by another exhibitor; 
plugging up holes on legs of smooth-legged varieties 
where feathers or stubs disqualify; staining of legs; in 
fact, any self-evident attempt on the part of an exhibitor 
to deceive the judge and thus obtain an unfair advan- 
tage in competition. 
Feather: A growth formed of a dis- 
cernible quill and a vane (called 
web) upon each side of it. 
(Note: If the quill is not discern- 
ible to the eye, it is down.) 
Flights: The primary feathers of 
the wing, used in flying, but folded 
up out of sight, or nearly so, when the fowl is at rest. 
Flight-Coverts: The short, moderately-stiff feathers located at the base 
of the wing primaries, or flight feathers, and partly covering their quills. 
Fluff: The soft feathers about thighs and posterior part of a fowl ; also the 
soft, downy under-part of a feather. (See diagram of fowl ; also Fig. 19.) 
Frosting: A marginal edging or tracing of color on feathers of laced, 
spangled and penciled varieties. (See Fig. 13.) 
Furnished : Applicable to a cockerel with fully-developed comb, hackle, 
saddle, tail, etc. 
Gills: A term that is applied to the 
wattles. (See "Wattles.") 
'Gipsy Color: Dark purple, ap- 
proaching black. 
Hackle: The neck plumage of either 
sex, formed of the hackle feathers. 
(See diagram of fowl.) 
Hackle Feathers: The long, narrow 
feathers growing on the neck of a 
fowl, either sex. (See Figs. 2 and 14.) 
Hangers: A term sometimes applied 
to the lesser sickles and tail-coverts. 
(See diagram of fowl.) 
Fig. 12. 
Laced Feather (ideal). 
Hen-Feathered : A male bird that Froeting^a defect). 
