70 POULTRY BREEDING 
the bantams of the duck family. The Gray Call is marked 
like the Rouen in both sexes and is probably a very near 
relative of the wild Mallard. White Calls are pure white 
in every part of the plumage. They are of no importance 
commercially. 
Black East India Ducks are supposed to have origin- 
ated in India, and were probably the progenitors on one 
side of the Cayuga. They are pure black. They are 
rarely seen except in the largest shows, and not always 
in them. J 
Crested White Ducks.—This is a pure white breed or- 
namented by a large crest. They are of unknown origin, 
Brown does not mention them. Neither are they men- 
tioned in Wright’s “Book of Poultry.” Beeman in “The 
American Poulterer’s Companion” (1847), describes and 
figures a Crested Duck, describing them as pure white, 
black and mixed in color, remarking that the white ones 
were thought to be better than the colored ones, a clue, 
perhaps, to the reason why we have them only in white 
now. Bement disclaims any knowledge of their origin. 
As the best European writers fail to mention them they 
may have originated in America. The drakes weigh 8 
and the ducks 7 pounds at maturity. They are not bred 
in large numbers, although they seem to be a fairly good 
variety. The crests are rarely symmetrical, usually fall- 
ing to one side. 
Muscovy Ducks.—This breed is no doubt of South 
American origin, as all the evidence points to the fact 
and they have been found in their wild state in South 
America. Mention of this breed was made as long :go 
as 1670. It has been called the Brazilian Duck, and 
earlier had several other names, such as Indian, Peru- 
vian, Musk, Muscovite, Turkish and Barbary. That it is 
