ors . ▁ ▁L ones ome ▁D uck ▁The ▁L ones ome ▁D uck ▁is ▁a ▁character ▁in ▁The ▁Magic ▁of ▁O z ; ▁he ▁makes ▁brief ▁but ▁ga ud y ▁appearances ▁in ▁two ▁of ▁the ▁book ' s ▁later ▁chap ters . ▁ ▁The ▁L ones ome ▁D uck ▁first ▁appears ▁when ▁Cap ' n ▁Bill ▁and ▁T rot ▁are ▁tra pped ▁on ▁the ▁Magic ▁Is le ▁in ▁the ▁Gill ik in ▁Country . ▁He ▁sw ims ▁" swift ly ▁and ▁grace fully " ▁over ▁to ▁them , ▁aston ishing ▁them ▁with ▁his ▁" g orge ously ▁colored ▁pl um age ". ▁In ▁a ▁brief ▁conversation , ▁the ▁D uck ▁explains ▁why ▁he ▁is ▁l ones ome . ▁Though ▁he ▁cannot ▁help ▁free ▁the ▁two ▁protagon ists ▁from ▁their ▁ent rap ment , ▁he ▁makes ▁it ▁slightly ▁easier ▁to ▁bear , ▁by ▁conj uring ▁large ▁magic ▁to ad st ools ▁for ▁them ▁to ▁sit ▁on . ▁Later , ▁the ▁rescue ▁party ▁searching ▁for ▁T rot ▁and ▁Cap ' n ▁Bill ▁almost ▁st umb les ▁over ▁the ▁L ones ome ▁D uck ' s ▁diam ond ▁palace , ▁ear ning ▁them ▁a ▁stern ▁re bu ke ▁from ▁its ▁inhab it ant . ▁The ▁text ▁never ▁spec ifies ▁the ▁D uck ' s ▁gender ; ▁the ▁creature ▁is ▁consist ently ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁" it ." ▁Yet ▁the ▁general ▁rule ▁among ▁birds ▁is ▁that ▁the ▁males ▁are ▁ga ud ier ▁than ▁the ▁females . ▁ ▁M omb i ▁ ▁M omb i ▁is ▁one