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" A first-rate drake weighs from 9 to 9| lbs. ; 

 ducks have weighed 9 lbs. 



"A good average pen of three, at a show, 

 should weigh 23 or 24 lbs.; at Birmingham 

 (where four are shown), 32 lbs. is a great 

 weight. 



"It should be noticed that Aylesbury and 

 Rouen Ducks, as well as geese, suffer much in 

 weight from travelling; quite as much as 1 to 

 1| lbs. each on a journey of fifty miles; geese, 

 perhaps, even more. 



" EaM Indian Bucks should be all of a rich 

 lustrous greenish black, with a perfect absence of 

 white feathers ; dark legs and bills. The bill of 

 the drake, dark greenish yellow; a brown breast 

 is inadmissible. They should be as light in 

 weight as possible ; as little as 2 lbs. each would 

 be desirable. 



"J. K. FOWLEK." 



