. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. eavily glossed with green, thelegs a sooty orange, the bill a leaden or bluishblack, with an intense black splash in themiddle and a black bean at the tip. The skinis very white. The breed is hardy, maturesearly, is a very good layer, and of more quietand stay-at-home habits than most. If everCayugas should come into fashion, thesequalities would be in its favour as a marketduck, but the black feathers would, of course,be against it, and may be a reason why it is solittle bred. After the first
. Wright's book of poultry, revised and edited in accordance with the latest poultry club standards. eavily glossed with green, thelegs a sooty orange, the bill a leaden or bluishblack, with an intense black splash in themiddle and a black bean at the tip. The skinis very white. The breed is hardy, maturesearly, is a very good layer, and of more quietand stay-at-home habits than most. If everCayugas should come into fashion, thesequalities would be in its favour as a marketduck, but the black feathers would, of course,be against it, and may be a reason why it is solittle bred. After the first year Cayugas areapt to moult more or less white feathers,especially at the base of the bill ; but this isno sign of impurity of race. The following notes on the Crested Duckare from the pen of Mr. Scott Miller, of the Crested Duck Club:— In general appearance this breedThe Crested is much like the Aylesbury, thoughDuck. not quite so large (adults usually weighing about 8 lbs.) and withoutthe heavy keel of the latter ; also the head isadorned with a crest or top-knot, which should. CRESTED AND ORPINGTON DUCKS. 565 be globular in shape, as large as possible,and set evenly on the head: a common fault,especially in ducks with large crests, being thatthe crest hangs more to one side than the breed is to be found in certain districtsall over the British Isles, and is also knownin America and other places abroad. It isknown to have existed in Scotland at leastseventy years ago. As to origin, we can onlytheorise, the theories we have heard advancedbeing that the breed was introduced pure fromthe East, or may have been produced by ducksfrequenting quiet lakes mating with crestedwildfowl, such as Grebes, if such mating bepossible, or may have been bred from sportsfrom common ducks; the latter is, in ouropinion, the most feasible. Whilst being decidedly ornamental, thisvariety is also a hrst-class utility one, theducks being excellent layers of large eggs andthem
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