1 Noy., 1899.] QUEENSLAND AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL. om 481 
Poultry. 
POINTS OF A FOWL. 
Atrnovan the points of the fowl are well known to all poultry fanciers, there 
are a vast number of people more or less interested in fowls who are ignorant 
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of the technical terms applied both to the anatomy as well as to the plumage of 
the bird. ‘The accompanying diagram indicates the chief points and their 
Position, and, in order to obviate difficulties as to the particular breed of the 
‘dex cock, it may be mentioned that it belongs to no particular class, but. is 
Tather a conglomeration of all the recognised varieties. The numerals signify :— 
If comb; 2, face; 3, deaf ear; 4, wattle; 5, hackle; 6, back; 7, breast; 8, 
Wing bow ; 9, wing bar; 10, tail coverts; 11, fluff; 12, sickle feathers = 1B}, 
tail; 14, shanks.—Farmer and Stock Breeder. 
