. Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture . so limited that it is easily overstocked. Blue Swedish Ducks and Buff Orpington Ducks are simplycolor varieties of an improved type of the common duck. Thereare several other quite well-marked varieties in Europe that havenot been seen in this country. Ornamental ducks. The ornamental ducks of the same speciesas the common duck, and derived either from common ducks ordirectly from the Mallard, are the East India Duck, the Black,White, and Gray Call Ducks, and the Crested White Duck. 134 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS The Call Ducks are so named beca
. Our domestic birds; elementary lessons in aviculture . so limited that it is easily overstocked. Blue Swedish Ducks and Buff Orpington Ducks are simplycolor varieties of an improved type of the common duck. Thereare several other quite well-marked varieties in Europe that havenot been seen in this country. Ornamental ducks. The ornamental ducks of the same speciesas the common duck, and derived either from common ducks ordirectly from the Mallard, are the East India Duck, the Black,White, and Gray Call Ducks, and the Crested White Duck. 134 OUR DOMESTIC BIRDS The Call Ducks are so named because their persistent quackingmakes them valuable for calling wild ducks within range of theguns of hunters, and they are much used as decoys. They arevery small and were produced by dwarfing common ducks. Thename gray, to describe the colored variety, is misleading. Thecolor is like that of the Mallard but of a lighter shade. SomeMallards are quite as gray as the average Gray Call Duck. TheBlack East India Duck is a dwarf black duck differing so little. Fig. 128. Blue Orpington Ducks. (Photograph from owner, Sunswick Farm,Plainfleld, New Jersey) from the Call Ducks as to leave no doubt, in the mind of anyone acquainted with the mysteries of making and naming breedsof poultry, that, like the Call Ducks, it is of European origin. There are many ornamental ducks of other species, the mostinteresting of which are the brilliantly colored Wood Duck(sometimes called the Carolina Duck) and the Mandarin Duck,which, besides being gorgeously colored, has a peculiar crest andhas some of the feathers on its wings oddly curved and spread,giving it a singular appearance. Specimens of these ducks are DUCKS 135 almost always to be seen in a collection of fancy waterfowl. TheWood Duck is a native of North America, the Mandarin Duckof Northern China. Place of ducks in domestication. It has been stated that ifthere were no fowls, the duck would make the best substitute,but as we have fowls in grea
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