AQUATIC FOWL. 



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preferred to our usual varieties. They are very prolific ; a duck 

 has been known to lay, in autumn, during forty-six nights, succes- 

 sively, after which she continued to lay every other night. They 

 are usually of a dark colour. 



THE AYLESBURY DUCK 



Is a large and beautiful variety of white duck, both useful from 

 size, and ornamental from appearance, and no duck easier to 

 propagate. They are not only productive of white, downy 

 feathers, but white skin and delicate and savoury flesh.; and, 

 wherever offered for market, fetch a good price, from their great 

 size and superiority. 



THE DUTCH HOOK-BILLED DUCK 



Is sometimes coloured, and frequently white, and occasionally 

 found of either, or both colours, with top-knot. They are said to 



