. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. DUCKS. 635 Clested White Ducks.—These are of medium size, pure white in plumage, withlarge snow-ball like crests on their heads, making thom quite ornamental, as seen by theillustration of this breed. Their bills are of medium size and yellow in color; legs lightorange. They are hardy, easily raised, good layers, and although comparatively rare, are aprofitable breed. There are otlier crested varieties, such as the Black Poland, the CrestedAmoor, a
. The American farmer. A complete agricultural library, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments and details. DUCKS. 635 Clested White Ducks.—These are of medium size, pure white in plumage, withlarge snow-ball like crests on their heads, making thom quite ornamental, as seen by theillustration of this breed. Their bills are of medium size and yellow in color; legs lightorange. They are hardy, easily raised, good layers, and although comparatively rare, are aprofitable breed. There are otlier crested varieties, such as the Black Poland, the CrestedAmoor, and a rare species, said to be of American origin, and described by Latham as ashygray in color of plumage on the body, while that of the neck is of a straw yellow, mixedwith spots of a reddish brown. The Crested Amoor duck is found in the northern province of Chinese Tartary,where the Amoor Eiver enters Songoria, and is quite unlike any of our wild or domesticated. CAYUGA DUCKS. breeds. It is described by a recent writer as follows: It is much larger than the Rouen, thefeathers on the neck and back of the drake are fine and plume-like, the crest is a pointed tuftof stiff feathers, somewhat crispy and inclined to curl toward the head, the bill is black andextremely long, the plumage is of a dark blue black prismatic, with fine gold dust coloredspots on the neck and throat, the wing speculum dark blue edged with white, the tail a darkblue, and the under feathering ashy gray. These birds are represented to be very prolific. It is said, with proper care, that they^will lay eight months in the year. The drakes often attain ten to twelve pounds when wellfattened. Their flesh, though dark in color, is sweet, tender, and juicy, and for delicacy andrichness of flavor there is no aquatic fowl to surpass them. 636 THE AMERICAN FAE3IER. Call Ducks.—There are two varieties of tlie Call Duck,—^the Gray and the WTiite—that bear the same relation to the l
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