52 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND 



ANSERES. 



ANATIDAE. 



99. Olor cygnus (Linne) Bonaparte. 



Whooping swan; Whooper; Wild swan. 



Anas cygnus Linne, Syst. nut., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 122. "in 

 Europa, America septentrionali." 



Cygnus musicus Bechst. Dresser, Birds of Europe, 1871-81, 

 vol. 6, p. [433], pi. [419], fig. 4. Egg, Seebohm, 1896, p. 29, pi. 7, 

 fig. 1. 



Seacoasts, lakes, swamps; nests on the ground. 



Me. Accidental visitor: Poke-a-moon-shine Lake, Washing- 

 ton Co., Sept. 10, 1903. 



100. Olor columbianus (Ord) Stejneger. 



Whistling swan; American swan. 



Anas columbianus Ord, in Guthrie's Geogr., hist., and com- 

 mercial grammar, 2d Amer. ed., 1815, p. 319. Based on Lewis 

 and Clarke: "below the great narrows of the Columbia." 



Cygnus americanus Sharpless. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 

 1843, vol. G, p. 226, pi. 384. 



Salt and fresh water; nests on the ground. 



Me. Unsatisfactorily recorded from mouth of Kennebec River 

 Nov., 1881; and near Crawford Lake, Sept. 10, 1903. 



N. H Rare migrant: Great Bay {bis), Dec. 16, 1902, and; 

 Seabrook, Oct. 18, 1878. 



Vt. Rare migrant: Alburg, Lake Champlain. 



Mass. Rare migrant and winter resident (at Nantucket) 

 formerly commoner. Oct. 16-Dec. 27 (winter-Mar. 4). 



R. I. Rare migrant: Quonocontaug Pond, Nov. 9, 1879; West- 

 erly, Nov. 13, 1879. 



Conn. Rare migrant. Middle Mar.; fall-Nov. 2. 



