THE PRACTICAL POULTRY KEEPER. 



owing to the recognition of its freer habits ; but still 

 more largely to the use of green food and bran along with 

 Indian meal, which probably keeps the digestive organs in 

 more active exercise. 



The CAYUGA is a large black duck, originating in North 

 America. The original wild stock is no doubt descended 



Cayuga Ducks. 



from the mallard, and was of a brownish black, with an 

 irregular white collar round the drake's neck. Breeding to 

 get out these faults of colour at first reduced the size ; but 

 this was recovered, and the breed now is a good size, and 

 black all over, with as much green lustre as possible in 

 fact, as nearly as possible a large edition of the Black East 

 India Duck. The shape, however, is not nearly so short as 

 that of the East India Duck, but more resembles that of 



