. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. —Resembling a hen in theabsence of sickles or hackle-feathers, and inplumage generally. Hock.—The joint between the thigh and the shank.(No. 19.) Keel.—The vertical part of the breast-bone. .-Xlsoapplied to dependent flesh and skin below thelatter, as in many ducks. Knock-kneed.—The hocks standing near together, in-stead of well apart. Laced, Lacing.—K stripe or edging all round ifeather, of some colour different from its groundcolour, as in Sebrights and Wyandottcs. Leader.—A single spike term
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. —Resembling a hen in theabsence of sickles or hackle-feathers, and inplumage generally. Hock.—The joint between the thigh and the shank.(No. 19.) Keel.—The vertical part of the breast-bone. .-Xlsoapplied to dependent flesh and skin below thelatter, as in many ducks. Knock-kneed.—The hocks standing near together, in-stead of well apart. Laced, Lacing.—K stripe or edging all round ifeather, of some colour different from its groundcolour, as in Sebrights and Wyandottcs. Leader.—A single spike terminating the rose typeof comb, as in Hamburghs, Wyandottes andRosecomb Bantams, etc. Leg.—In a live fowl this is the scaly part, or a bird dressed for table, on the contrary, theterm refers, as is well known, to the joints above. Leg-feathers.—The feathers projecting from theouter side of the shanks in some breeds, asCochins. Mealiness.—Used to denote defective buff colour,when the plumage, instead of being one leveltone, is spotted with white. 238 TIJE BOOK OF Fig. 84.—Points of a FowL 1. Comb. 2. Face. 3. Wattles. 4. Deaf-ear or Ear-lobe. 5. Hackle. 6. Breast. 7. Saddle. 9. Saddle-hackles. REFERENCES. 10. Sickles. 11. Tail-coverts. 12. True Tail-feathers. 13. Wing-bow. 14. Wing-coverts, forming the bar. 15. Secondaries, the lower-ends forming the wing or lowerbutts. Wing-bay. Diamond. 16. Lower wing butts. 17. Primaries. Hidden by Second- aries when the wing isclosed. 18. Thighs,ig. Hocks. 20. Legs or Shanks. 21. Spur. 22. Toes or Claws. TECHNICAL TERMS. 239 Mossy.—Confused or indistinct in niarkin;,. Pea-comb.—A triple comb, resembling three smallcombs in one, the middle being the highest. Pencilling;.—Small markings or stripes over afeather, either straight across, as in Hamburghs,or in crcsccntic form, as in Partridge Cochins. Poult.—.A. young turkey. Primaries.—The flight-feathers of the wings, hiddenwhen the wing is
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