304 DUCKS AND DUCK-BREEDING. 

of the Rouen and Aylesbury. ‘Their chief value is as egg 
producers. But for crossing with the Aylesbury they are 
very valuable, and the progeny of such a cross are often 
larger and quite as rapid in growth as the pure Buckingham- 
shire breed. 
THE INDIAN RUNNER DUCK. 
Within the past decade a variety of duck to which the 
name “ Indian Runner’’has been applied has met witha con- 
siderable amount of fayour. But for something like fifty 

INDIAN RUNNER DUCKS. 
years ducks of this type have been kept in Cumberland. 
Its origin is somewhat doubtful. All that we really know 
on this point appears to be that a drake and a trio of dacks 
were originally brought from India by a sea captain, who 
landed them at Whitehaven and presented the lot to some 
farmer friends in West Cumberland. A few years later 
another consignment was imported, and it is claimed that 
from these two importations all the present stocks have 
descended. Attempts have been made to trace the port of 
