s6z WILD SWAN. Class II. 



XLVII. BILL ftrong, flat, or depreffcd, and commonly 

 DUCK. f urn i m ed at the end with a nail. Edges divided 

 into fharp lamella* 

 NOSTRILS lmall and oval. 

 TONGUE broad, edges near the bafe fringed. 

 FEET j middle toe the longed. 



2 6 4 . Wild Gefner a<v. 373. Sch wane. iW 338. 



Swan. Wild Swan, Elk, or Hooper. Anas Cygnus ferus. Lm.fjft. 



Wil. orn. 356. 194. 



Raiifyn. av. 136. Swan. Faun. Suec. fp. 107. ^ 



Edvo. a<v. 150. Dams Vild Svane. Cimbris 



Le Cygne fauvage. Briffbn Snabel- Svane. Brunnicb, 



a<v. VI. 292. Tab. 28. 94. 



Labod. Scopoli, No. 66. Br.Zool. 1^. add. plates. 



THE wild fwan frequents our coafls in hard 

 winters in large flocks, but as far as we can 

 inform ourfelves does not breed in Great Britain. 

 Martin * acquaints us, that fwans come in Ocloher 

 in great numbers to Lingey, one of the Weft em IJles\ 

 and continue there till March, when they retire 

 more northward to breed. A few continue in 

 Mainland, one of the Orknies, and breed in the lit- 

 tle illes of the frefh water lochs •, but the multitude 

 retires at approach of fpring. On that account, 

 fwans are there the country man's almanack : on 



* Defer. Weft. IJIes, 71. 



their 



