. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. . Photo by ^ TT. P. Dandn, MUTE SWAN. ZOO NOTES. A swan ashore is not seen by any means at its best, but, as the photo- graph shows, the common or mute species {Cygnus olor) still retains a certain amount of dignity on terra firma. This is largely due to the Mute Swan. The present bird is one of several specimens benefitted by the Mediterranean new reqime at Eegent's Park, Pcrcsrnnc Falcon. having been removed from the dreadful little cell which it formerly inhabited, like other unhappy graceful curve of the neck and t
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. . Photo by ^ TT. P. Dandn, MUTE SWAN. ZOO NOTES. A swan ashore is not seen by any means at its best, but, as the photo- graph shows, the common or mute species {Cygnus olor) still retains a certain amount of dignity on terra firma. This is largely due to the Mute Swan. The present bird is one of several specimens benefitted by the Mediterranean new reqime at Eegent's Park, Pcrcsrnnc Falcon. having been removed from the dreadful little cell which it formerly inhabited, like other unhappy graceful curve of the neck and the knobbed hawks, in the so-called Northern Aviary, forehead and black face, which give such a to the somewhat more commodious quarters characteristically haughty appearance to this furnished by the Kites' Aviary ; the kites species. It will be noticed that the primary being now removed elsewhere. To be kept quills are missing from the wing seen, the properly, however, falcons should be tied bird having been pinioned. This operation up with jesses and leash to a block, and is really quite unnecessary, for if the bird allowed out to fly daily. Of course they is kept in a small enclosure it can easily would require to be trained for this, but be caught up at monlting-time to have its there would be no more difficulty in wings clipped, while swans on a large piece training the falcons to come to the lure of water are far better left full-winged, than in breaking the zebras to the saddle, when the fine spectacle of their flight can as is being done at the time of writing- be enjoyed, as at the celebrated swannery this. of Abbotsbury in Dorset. The mute swan There would be no danger to the water- is certainly by far the finest and most fowl in giving the falcons some exercise stately of all the swans, and has long of this kind, as the latter could be kept been cultivated as an ornamental bird in England; indeed, it is said to have been introduced by Richard Cceur-de-Lion. It may, ho
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