. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. SWANS. 1491 species, and sometimes mistaken for it, known also as the Polish swan, the young of which are pure white when first hatched. The Whistling Swail. — This bird is called by naturalists Cygnis musicus (musical swan); it is somewhat smaller than the Alute Swan, and its neck is shorter and thicker. It has a pure white plumage, yellow bill, which lacks the protuberance of the latter mentioned species. DiSerent writers, in describing this species, all mention
. American farming and stock raising, with useful facts for the household, devoted to farming in all its departments. Agriculture. SWANS. 1491 species, and sometimes mistaken for it, known also as the Polish swan, the young of which are pure white when first hatched. The Whistling Swail. — This bird is called by naturalists Cygnis musicus (musical swan); it is somewhat smaller than the Alute Swan, and its neck is shorter and thicker. It has a pure white plumage, yellow bill, which lacks the protuberance of the latter mentioned species. DiSerent writers, in describing this species, all mention the peculiar musical qualities of its voice. Faber says: •' Their tuneful, melancholy voices sound like trumpets heard at a ; Olaf writes: "When a company of these birds passes through the air, their song is truly deUghtful, equal to the notes of a violin; " while Schilling. THE MUTE SWAN. flescribes the tone as sometimes resembling the sound of a bell, and sometimes that of some wind instrument. He says: '? This peculiar concert realized to my mind the truth of what I had heard concerning the song of the swan, which I had before regarded as a poetic ; The Black Swan is a native of Australia, and, next to the Mute Swan, is one of the most common varieties. It is smaller than the latter, although resembling it in general outline. The plumage is black, shading on some of the feathers to a dark gray; eyes, scarlet; bill, red tipped with white; legs, black. The young are quite hardy. This species is said to be not as gentle in disposition as the Mute Swan, and inclined to be tyrannical and domineering over smaller water fowls. iin. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Flint, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1824-1889. New York, Casselberry
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