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are a large black duck, and the race is very little known in England. It is said by some writers that they originate from America from the Mallards. Several writers on this breed are somewhat puzzled as to where they really do originate from. Some think they were an old English duck many years ago, and were taken to America to improve upon. I will not trouble my readers by going through any pedigree of the duck, but merely show how we can make a very good Cayuga race of ducks, and improve those which we already have. If writers were to try experiments in breeding more, they would not have to wade through books and papers, and get people's opinion as to how they were made, and where this and that race of birds came from. In crossing the Rouen with the Aylesbury we occasionally get a few ducks perfectly black, not much metallic green in them, only on the wings and round the head and neck. Now, to improve this, there should be a cross between the East Indian drake and the Rouen duck. Drakes bred in this way, and mated with the cross-bred Aylesbury and Rouen ducks, will produce a fine race of Cayuga ducks, far superior to any which have ever come from America. When I was a boy I can remember seeing large black ducks; these were a cross duck between the Aylesbury and Rouen. They were to be found in various parts of the country. Because these black ducks were brought over from America and called Cayugas, they were thought a great deal of; but when they were thoroughly examined by experienced men, they had doubts in their