TYPES AND BREEDS OF DUCKS 



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The Blue Swedish Duck. In England and America the name 

 " Blue Swedish " is given to blue or slate ducks developed as a color 

 variety. It is said that the color has long been popular in parts of 

 Russia, Scandinavia, and Germany, and that it has been frequently 

 seen in the flocks of Belgium. It occurs occasionally in all stocks 

 of various colors, but not with the depth and uniformity of shade 

 and the peculiar white bib on the neck and the two white flight 

 feathers which have been made standard markings in this variety. 



Fig. 472. Colored Muscovy Ducks. (Photograph by E. J. Hall) 



The Blue Termonde Duck. The Blue Termonde is a race recently 

 developed as an established type in Belgium. It is a very large 

 duck, similar in color and evidently near kin to the Blue Swedish, 

 but with the white throat an irregular feature. 



The Pekin Duck. Brought to England from Pekin, China, in 

 1874, and to America in the next year, the Pekin Duck had an 

 even more marked influence on duck culture in this country than 

 the Asiatic type of fowl had on the improvement of fowls. Like 

 the Asiatic fowls, the Pekin Duck was of large size and extremely 

 hardy. It is the common duck of China. Its origin is probably 



