CYGNUS. SWAN. 653 



appears no evidence of its having ever been shot or caught, 

 in a truly wild state, in any part of Britain, I am con- 

 strained to omit it. I have known an instance of its occur- 

 rence, during a snow-storm, on the coast, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Aberdeen; but as tame Swans often wander in 

 stormy weather, and in many cases are scarcely half domes- 

 ticated, I do not see how a truly wild individual could be 

 recognized. 



