. Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture . head withits bright-red, carunculated skin. The male is very muchlarger than the female. The tail is longer and more is an entire absence of red pigment in the plumage. Thenatural color is black and white, unevenly distributed. This va-riety is called the Colored Muscovy Duck. Many specimens arenearly black. The White Muscovy Duck is an albino crossing these two varieties a blue variety is sometimesobtained, but, although Blue Muscovy Ducks have been madeat various times, fanciers have never taken enough intere
. Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture . head withits bright-red, carunculated skin. The male is very muchlarger than the female. The tail is longer and more is an entire absence of red pigment in the plumage. Thenatural color is black and white, unevenly distributed. This va-riety is called the Colored Muscovy Duck. Many specimens arenearly black. The White Muscovy Duck is an albino crossing these two varieties a blue variety is sometimesobtained, but, although Blue Muscovy Ducks have been madeat various times, fanciers have never taken enough interest inthem to encourage the originators to continue their breeding. 130 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS The Rouen Duck takes its name from the town of Rouen, inthe north of France, though the type seems to have been commonover quite a large area and not peculiar to the vicinity of thattown. It is like the Mallard in color, and is just such a duck asby good care and selection for size might be developed at anytime from common ducks of that color. Rouen Ducks are said. Fig. 124. Rouen Ducks, Brook View Farm, Newbury, Massachusetts to have been well known in the south of England early in thenineteenth century. When they were brought to this country isnot known. Although for a long time they have been familiarto those who attend poultry shows, and have been widely distrib-uted in small numbers, they have never been extensively bredbecause the Rouen, having dark plumage, is not desirable forthe production of young ducks for market. When mature itdresses clean and the quality of its flesh is unsurpassed. DUCKS 131 The Cayuga Duck is an improved black duck developed aboutthe middle of the last century in Cayuga County, New early accounts of its origin stated that it was a domesti-cated wild black duck, but it is much more reasonable to supposethat it was developed by selection from black and nearly blackcommon ducks. The White Pekin Duck is a Chinese breed closely resemblingthe Aylesbury
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