. The encyclopaedia of sport. lbs., this being fully one foot less in length than, and only about half theweight of, the Whooper. In addition to this thecoloration of the bill serves as a means ofidentification ; the deep yellow of the basal por-tion of the smaller bird does not extend belowthe nostrils, as it does in the larger swan ; therest of the bill is black, and the legs and feet aredull black. The plumage of the adult Bewicksswan is pure white, and the young in first plumageresemble those of the Whooper, the basal portionof their bills being also flesh-coloured. The Trumpeter Swan (Cyg
. The encyclopaedia of sport. lbs., this being fully one foot less in length than, and only about half theweight of, the Whooper. In addition to this thecoloration of the bill serves as a means ofidentification ; the deep yellow of the basal por-tion of the smaller bird does not extend belowthe nostrils, as it does in the larger swan ; therest of the bill is black, and the legs and feet aredull black. The plumage of the adult Bewicksswan is pure white, and the young in first plumageresemble those of the Whooper, the basal portionof their bills being also flesh-coloured. The Trumpeter Swan (Cyg/i/s bucci-nafor)—This North American swan, sometimescalled the Hunters swan, has been included inthe list of British birds on the strength of astatement that four were killed out of a small herdof five which appeared at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, to-wards the end of October, i856. One of these,now in the Ipswich Museum, has been identifiedby Professor Newton as of this species. Still,as the Trumpeter swan has been introduced and. Whooper. Tame Swan. has reared its young in the Zoological Gardens,Regents Park, and elsewhere in this country, itis just possible that these examples may haveescaped from confinement. An American au-thority. Dr. Elliott Coues, remarks of this swanthat it chiefly inhabits North America, from theMississippi valley westward, from Texas to thefur countries, Great Lakes, Hudsons Bay, andCanada. It occurs casually on the Atlanticcoast, breeds from Iowa and Dakota northward,and winters southward to the Gulf. The billand feet are entirely black. Adults measure5 feet or more in length, and the enormous ex-tent of their wings reaches to about 8 plumage is white, and some birds have awash of rusty-brown on the head. The cygnetsare smaller, with feet and legs not so dark, andplumage greyish, with upper neck and headrusty-brown. Common American Swan or Whist-ling Swan {Cygiiiis columhianus ox amcricanus)—Another North American swan, which is saidto have occ
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