. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Anseres 145 anser), which till the end of the eighteenth century bred in the fens of the counties of Cambridge and. Lincoln, and somewhat later in the last-named. Now it only does so in Caithness, Sutherlandshire, and Ross- shire—including the Hebrides. Abroad it ranges from Iceland to Kamtschatka and the Danube, whUe a few \\',!\. Mute^Swan pairs nest in Denmark, Holland, north Germany, and even as far south as the Mediterranean. In Asia its distribution is less certain, but it appears to reach China and India. The flocks fly hig
. The birds of Britain : their distribution and habits . Birds. Anseres 145 anser), which till the end of the eighteenth century bred in the fens of the counties of Cambridge and. Lincoln, and somewhat later in the last-named. Now it only does so in Caithness, Sutherlandshire, and Ross- shire—including the Hebrides. Abroad it ranges from Iceland to Kamtschatka and the Danube, whUe a few \\',!\. Mute^Swan pairs nest in Denmark, Holland, north Germany, and even as far south as the Mediterranean. In Asia its distribution is less certain, but it appears to reach China and India. The flocks fly high in the shape of the letter V, and, except when actually breeding, several individuals are generally seen together. The cry is often syllabled as "honk-honk," but the bird E. B. 10. 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 Evans, A. H. (Arthur Humble). Cambridge [England] : Cambridge University Press
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