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SWAN. 

 Cygnus, sp. ? 



Wild Swans were unusually plentiful, yet not as plentiful as in 

 some other milder seasons. A flock of 60 took up tlieir winter 

 quarters on Tyree, and others w T ere seen on migration high in air, 

 passing south. Several were seen on the Berwickshire coast. 

 One shot was Cygnus immutabilis, another was 0. beioickii [J. 

 Hardy, in lit., 9th March, 1879]. Four Wild Swans frequented 

 Edenmouth, St. Andrews; one was shot. A flock visited Loch 

 Lomond, and were heard flying overhead by a party of woodmen, 

 and seen next morning swimming in the bay. It is only in very 

 severe seasons that Swans visit Loch Lomond. Swans were 

 unusually abundant on the Tay estuary also. Three or four were 

 shot at New^burgh [P. D. Maloch, in lit.], and various parties were 

 seen passing southward over Loch Awe, but none alighted. A 

 good many were shot upon the Berwickshire coast during the 

 winter [Proc. Berw. Nat, Club, 1879, p. 530], and they were 

 more than usually abundant on the English coasts. [For full 

 account of C. immutabilis, see also Mr. T. H. Gibb's paper, in 

 Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, viii., p. 511; also, particulars of Bewick's 

 Swan, loc. cit.] 



In June, 1 879, I was informed that one of the 60 Wild Swans 

 which wintered in Tyree, having been w r ounded, remained behind 

 the others. It was afterwards caught on the ice by some boys, 

 and taken to the factor's place, where it was let loose along with a 

 tame one. 



A flock of between 70 and 80 Wild Swans passed over Newton 

 in North Uist, towards the south-east, and 8 wintered on the Loch 

 at Scolpig. This flock, in all probability, is the one wmich wintered 

 on Tyree, and, if so, it may afford evidence of Icelandic and not 

 of north-eastern origin. 



WIDGEON. 



MARECA PENELOPE (LlU.J. 



Widgeon have been plentiful in the estuaries. At the end of 

 April numbers were frequenting Loch Vennachar and Loch 

 Mohaick, near Doune, and the males were apparently in full 

 summer plumage. This is a species whose breeding limits may 

 be expected to extend considerably southward of their present 

 range. 



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