Ducks. 
391 
Points of Colour in Rouen Bucks. 
Head. — Rich chestnut brown, with a wide brownish-black hne from the base of the beak to the neck, 
and very bold black lines across the sides of the head, above and below the eye, filled in with smaller lines 
between. 
Beak. — Bright orange, with black saddle extending nearly across to each side of the beak and about 
two-thirds down towards the tip ; the tip of the beak being black as in the drake. 
Neck. — Rich chestnut brown, with a wide brownish hne at the back of the neck at shoulders, shading to 
black up to the head. 
.Sort'r Co/owr.— Rich golden, almond, or chestnut brown groundcolour, sound and even throughout; 
each and every feather, excepting wing flights and bars, should be distinctly pencilled from throat and breast 
to flank and stern, with lustrous black or very dark brown markings, the rump pencillings having a greenish 
lustre. 
Wing-bars. — Two bold distinct white bars, with lustrous blue marking between, as in the drake. 
Wing-flights. — Brownish or slaty black, quite free from white. 
Legs and Feet. — Dull brown orange. 
A Duck perfect in shape, size, carriage, colour, beak, legs and feet, and in perfect health and condition, 
to count loo points. 
Points to be Deductkd for Defects. 
Bad Shaped Head and Bill 5 
„ Coloured Bill 
5 
Head 
$ 
Badly Shaped Neck 
5. 
Broken or patchy ground Colour 
.. 20 
Indistinct or blurred Pencilling 
20 
Indistinct Wing-bars .. 
5 
Want of Size ... 
10 
„ „ Symmetry 
10 
Bad Coloured Legs and Feet 
5 
Want of Condition 
10 
100 
Disquali fications. 
Crooked back, wry tail, or any other evident sign of weakness or deformity, white ring or approaching 
white on neck, wing primaries twisted, white flights, absence of wing-bars, leaden-coloured beak, broken down 
in stern, or so heavy that, in the opinion of the judge, the bird will not breed. 
Schedule for Judging Pekin Ducks. 
IN BOTH sexes. 
General Characteristics. 
Head., large ; Skull, broad and high ; Cheeks, heavy ; Throat, slightly gulleted ; Eye, sunken ; Bill, 
short, broad and thick, slightly curved, but not dished ; Neck, long and thick, carried well forward in a grace- 
ful arch or curve ; Body, the shape somewhat similar to that of a small wide boat standing almost on its 
stern, the bow leaning slightly forward ; Breast, broad and full, followed in underline by the keel, which 
should increase in depth between the legs to a broad deep paunch, stern carried just clear of the ground ; 
Tail, rising abruptly from the stern, the quilled feathers turning upwards towards the neck, with a density of 
plumage on the rump almost covering the quills of the tail. The drake should have two or three handsomely 
curled feathers on the top. Size, as large as possible; a well- matured drake should weigh from 8 to 9 lbs., 
and a duck 7 to 8 lbs. ; Legs and Feet, strong and stout, set far back, causing very erect carriage ; Plumage, 
