Some of the sailors played mumblety-peg with their knives or played duck and drake with small ice-cold stones they could find beneath the snow. |
I suppose the densely feathered, black and white head of the drake does slightly resemble a buffalo's head. |
So here is a better picture of a duck, an Eider drake I took earlier this year, on the Ythan estuary. |
The family pets were dogs, cats, and a Muscovy drake duck named Lucy which lived for nine years. |
Stars of the stamps include a pig and piglets, a Border Collie puppy and a duck and a drake. |
The drake sported full plumage with chocolate-brown head contrasting with gleaming white breast. |