. A history of British birds . Cygnus bewicki, YarrelL* BEWICKS SWAN. Cygnus Bewickil. In the winter of 1823-24, the Author prepared and pre-served the trachea and part of the hones of a young WildSwan, shot in this country, which possessed peculiaritieshe had never observed in the Whooper at any age, inducingthe belief that they belonged to a distinct species. At thesale of part of the valuable collection of the late JoshuaBrookes, in July 1828, the Author purchased the sternumand trachea of a Swan presented to and prepared by Leach,which belonged to an adult bird of the same species as thebo
. A history of British birds . Cygnus bewicki, YarrelL* BEWICKS SWAN. Cygnus Bewickil. In the winter of 1823-24, the Author prepared and pre-served the trachea and part of the hones of a young WildSwan, shot in this country, which possessed peculiaritieshe had never observed in the Whooper at any age, inducingthe belief that they belonged to a distinct species. At thesale of part of the valuable collection of the late JoshuaBrookes, in July 1828, the Author purchased the sternumand trachea of a Swan presented to and prepared by Leach,which belonged to an adult bird of the same species as thebones of the young one just mentioned. These materialsthe Author exhibited at the Zoological Club of the LinneanSociety, on the 24th of November, 1829, contrasting them * Tr. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 453 (in a paper read 19th January, 1830). 316 ANATID^. with analogous parts of the Whooper, pointing out theanatomical distinctions between them; and proposing toconsider the bird as a distinct species. Early in the follow-ing December th
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