Rouen duck with higher production. The eggs are typically white, but can have blue and green tints. Exhibition-typed Rouen ducks have been known to crush their eggs if allowed to set due to their massive frames. In 1861, Mrs Beeton said of it: The origin of the name is not known. When they arrived in England, they were variously called Rhône, after the region in southwest-central France, Rohan, after the cardinal of that name, Roan, for the mixture of colours, and Rouen after the northern French town, with Rouen eventually being adopted in both England and France. In France they are called
Khaki drill Khaki drill Khaki drill or KD was the term for a type of fabric and the British military uniforms made from them. Uniform of Khaki color was first introduced in 1848 in the Corps of Guides that was raised in December 1846 as the idea of Sir Henry Lawrence (1806–1857), resident at Lahore and Agent to the Governor-General for the North-West Frontier, from British Indian recruits at Peshawar. As well as the Corps of Guides, other regiments in India soon adopted the uniform and eventually it was used throughout the British military. Khaki Drill was worn as a combat uniform