. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID^. 41s. BEWICK'S SWAN. Cygnus bewicki, Yarrell. This Swanâwhich is â one-third less than the Whooper, and pre- sents noticeable differences in the smaller size and distribution of the yellow patch at the base of the billâwas recognized as a visitor to this country by Yarrell in 1829, and almost simultaneously by R. Wingate of Newcastle. Subsequent experience has shown that Bewick's Swan is of fairly frequent occurrence in severe winters on some parts of the coasts of England and Wales, although rarer than its larger congener; while in Scot
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. ANATID^. 41s. BEWICK'S SWAN. Cygnus bewicki, Yarrell. This Swanâwhich is â one-third less than the Whooper, and pre- sents noticeable differences in the smaller size and distribution of the yellow patch at the base of the billâwas recognized as a visitor to this country by Yarrell in 1829, and almost simultaneously by R. Wingate of Newcastle. Subsequent experience has shown that Bewick's Swan is of fairly frequent occurrence in severe winters on some parts of the coasts of England and Wales, although rarer than its larger congener; while in Scotland it is sometimes abundantâ especially in the Outer Hebridesâand occurs in the Orkneys. All over Ireland, as already remarked, it is far more numerous than the Whooper; Mr. R. Warren writes that on December 17th 1880 more than two hundred were seen together on Lough Cullen, CO. Mayo; and during the unexampled frost of 1881 eight hundred were observed at one time on the lake of Castle Gregory in CO. Kerry; while even thousands are said to have been counted iri other localities. Sir R. Payne-Gallwey states that there is a strong feeling in Irelandâespecially in the westâagainst slaying a Swan, and the majority of fowlers cannot be induced to fire at one. Bewick's Swan has not been found iri Greenland or Iceland, and. 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 Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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