. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 424 LAMEMJROSTRAL SWIMMERS — CyguuH ftrux, Li„uii, Syst. Cat. 181(1, 37. — Hteph. Opii. Zool. XII. 10, pi. 37. — Orav, fien. H. 111. (110 ; (at. Hilt. W. 18(13, — IIkinii. IMh, 18(11, 13 (). Cijijnu^ , UKcllsr. NiiluiK- Pt'ntsi'lil. IV. 1809, 830. — Uonai'. Coinp. List, 1838, bti. — Kkys. & Willi. Kiir. »-2. ^ Maciiim,. .Mun. II. 158. —Coukh, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 6l»0. Olor muHkus, Isis, 1832, 1^34. Ci/gniM olor, I',. Zooj^r. Ildsso-A.'
. The water birds of North America [microform]. Birds; Water-birds; Oiseaux; Oiseaux aquatiques. 424 LAMEMJROSTRAL SWIMMERS — CyguuH ftrux, Li„uii, Syst. Cat. 181(1, 37. — Hteph. Opii. Zool. XII. 10, pi. 37. — Orav, fien. H. 111. (110 ; (at. Hilt. W. 18(13, — IIkinii. IMh, 18(11, 13 (). Cijijnu^ , UKcllsr. NiiluiK- Pt'ntsi'lil. IV. 1809, 830. — Uonai'. Coinp. List, 1838, bti. — Kkys. & Willi. Kiir. »-2. ^ Maciiim,. .Mun. II. 158. —Coukh, Check List, 2d ed. 1882, no. 6l»0. Olor muHkus, Isis, 1832, 1^34. Ci/gniM olor, I',. Zooj^r. Ildsso-A.'i. II. 182(1,211. Ciignun Tiiulhiii-hinHn, Viig. Deutsclil. XL 1842, 478, pi. 296. or ll'i/il Siriiii, Ai'iT. The J/oniKi; Elk; or n'hialUng Swan, Yaiik. Hiit. |{. ed. 2, III. 187, fig. ; ed. 3, III. 191, fig. Had. Puliniirtic Rt'^jioii. Accidental in Uici'iiliind ( " Ilns," IftOl, ). Si'. CiiAii. " The (listaiicu from tlic (interior aii^li- of tlu' eye to the iiind liordcr of tlio nostril> is much loii^'cr than llm distance from the latter to the ti[) of the lull ; the yellow color at tlu' Itase of the bill extending beyond the , making two thirds of the ourface of the bill ami lore" ( ). Ad nil: Pure white, the head Hometimes tin^'ed with rusty; lores nnd basnl portion of bill to beyond the nostril yellow, the terminal portion black ; iris brown ; lejjs nnd feet black. Yimng: Grayish brown, the bill llesh-color basally, dusky terminally ; and feet (,'rayi.«h. Total lenf,'th about Ct feet ; extent aliout ) feet ; winj,', ()-:JO.()0 inches, culmeu (to frontal feathers) 4.( ; tarsus, 4.(H) ; middle toe, .5.(KMUM>. The Wild Swan of the Old World has no other olaim to be classed as a Nortli American bird than its siipjiosed jjresence in (Ireenland. Dr. Keinhardt states that, accordinp to tiie accounts received from the Eskimos, it formerly bred on several
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