30 TWENTY LESSONS ON POULTRY KEEPING 



webbed feet, adapted to swimming. Their mouth parts are 

 much hirger than the month parts of chiclvens, and are called 

 bills instead of beaks. There is a little strainer arranged 

 on either side of the month, so that water can be taken in at 

 the front of the bill, and passed out through the strainers, 



Fig. 34. — Runner ducks. 



leaving in the mouth any particles of food that may have 

 been present in the water. The females of these fowl are 

 called ducks, and tlie males drakes. 



Ducks are grown for their meat, eggs, and feathers. The 

 Pekin (Fig. 33) and "Runner ducks (Fig. 31) present the 

 two extremes in types, the Pekin being the meat and feather 

 type, while the Runner is the egg type. 



