. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . AMERICAN SWAN—CYGNUS AMERICANA; AND TRUMPETER SWAN—CYGNUS BUCINATOR. The stately-sailing swanGives out his snowy plumage to the gale;And, arching proud his neck, with oarj feetBears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle,Protective of his young. WHERE FOUND, ETC. E have two or more varieties of swanswhich visit the shores of our AtlanticStates. At times they are quite nume-rous in the vicinity of Carrols Island,more particularly if the weather continuesboister
. The American sportsman : containing hints to sportsmen, notes on shooting, and the habits of game birds and wild fowl of America . AMERICAN SWAN—CYGNUS AMERICANA; AND TRUMPETER SWAN—CYGNUS BUCINATOR. The stately-sailing swanGives out his snowy plumage to the gale;And, arching proud his neck, with oarj feetBears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle,Protective of his young. WHERE FOUND, ETC. E have two or more varieties of swanswhich visit the shores of our AtlanticStates. At times they are quite nume-rous in the vicinity of Carrols Island,more particularly if the weather continuesboisterous for several days, when theyretire from the mid-bay to seek food onthe shallows of the coves or under the protection of the islands a considerable distance from the sea. 383. 384 LEWIS S AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. Swans are very shy, fly high, and are not easily brought down un-less struck in some vital part. The flesh of the cygnet, or youngswan, is considered excellent. We have eaten of it frequently, butcannot say that we have any great predilection in its favor. Onething is certain, however: it is superior to the wild goose, but in-ferior to the canvas-back. Swans are frequently—and, we may say, easily—domesticated;but they will not thrive save where they can pass most of theirtime on the water. In such favorable situations for their modeof life, they will breed and live for years contented and , par excellence, are the most beautiful, most elegant, mostgraceful, and most spotless of all fowl. Their plumage is perfectlywhite. The Cygnus Americana is the species most commonly met other varieties are but seldom shot in these parts. Swans, likethe rest of the wild fowl, retire to the Far North in the earlyspring.
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