DUCKS. 
The most popular ducks are those whose size gives them a marketable 
value as table poultry. The male and female Pekin, Aylesbury, Rouen 
and Cayuga Ducks should be large, long and broad in body, full in breast, 
with deep, well-set keels and all sections finely rounded, giving them a 
finished, plump appearance. The nearer they are bred to Standard 
weights the better. The head should be large, the bill broad and long on 
upper line, and the eyes bright. The neck should be of good length and 
well arched. 
The body of White and Colored Muscovys should be long, broad and 
deep; the tail of good length, carried nearly horizontal; wings, large, long 
and powerful; shanks and feet short and large; head of good size, the top 
covered with crest-like feathers which are elevated under excitement. 
The sides of face should be covered with caruncles — the larger the better. 
The male in both varieties is fully one-third larger than the female. 
East India and Call Ducks — the bantams of the duck family — • 
should be small in size, both male and female — the smaller the better. 
The body should be short, well rounded and carried nearly horizontal. 
The head is small, the bill short and concave, and the neck short and 
slender. 
The Crested Whites have the general characteristics of the Pekins, 
except that they possess crests and are one pound lighter in weight. 
PEKIN DUCKS. 
Disqualifications. 
Bill or bean of drake marked with black; feathers other than white or 
creamy white in any part of plumage; twisted wing; crooked back; de- 
cidedly wry tail. (See general disqualifications.) 
STANDARD WEIGHTS. 
Adult Drake 9 lbs. Adult Duck 8 lbs. 
Young Drake 8 lbs. Young Duck 7 lbs. 
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