GLOSSARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS. 
Barring : Bars or stripes extending across a feather at right angles to its 
length, or nearly so. (See Figs. 1, 2 and 3.) 
Beard: In chickens, a group of feathers pendent from the throat, as in 
Houdans and Polish. In turkeys, a tuft of coarse, bristly hairs, four to 
six inches long, projecting from upper part of breast of mature males, 
^fc* Bean: A hard, bean-shaped protuberance growing at tip 
Jgg|H of the upper mandible of a water fowl. (See Fig. 4.) 
Beak: The projecting mouth parts of chickens and tur- 
keys, consisting of upper and lower mandibles. 
Bill: The projecting mouth parts of water fowl, con- 
sisting of upper and lower mandibles. (See Fig. 4.) 
Blade: The rear part of a single comb, back of the last 
well-defined point, usually extending beyond the crown 
of the head. (See Fig. 5.) 
Brassiness : Having the color of brass ; yellowish. 
"Breed: A race of fowls, the mem- 
bers of which maintain distinctive 
shape characteristics that they 
possess in common. Breed is a 
broader term than variety. Breed 
includes varieties, as, for example, 
the Barred, White and Buff va- 
rieties of the Plymouth Rock breed. 
Brood: All the young birds hatched or cared for 
at one time by one mother, or in one brooder. 
Cape: The short feathers on the back, underneath 
the hackle, shaped like a cape. 
Carriage: The attitude, bearing or style of a bird. 
Caruncles: Small fleshy protuberances, as on the 
head of a turkey. 
Carunculated : Having caruncles. 
Cavernous: Applied to the hollow protruding 
nostrils of the crested breeds. 
Chicks: The young of the domestic hen, properly 
i * applied until the sex can be distinguished ; 
sometimes used to designate specimens less 
than one year old. (i( 
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Fig, 
Barred Feather, Fe 
male (ideal). 
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Fig. 2. 
Burred Hackle Feather. Male 
leal). 
