668 CYGNUS MUSICUS. 



Young. — The young are brown in their plumage for the 

 first year. One examined on the 6th of March, 1809, and 

 which measured three feet eight inches in length, and 

 weighed eight pounds and a quarter, had the bill flesh-colour 

 at the base ; the irides dusky ; the feathers on the forehead 

 and before the eyes dull orange ; the rest of the head and 

 upper neck behind, brown ; the under parts white, tinged 

 with rufous ; the lower neck behind, the upper parts of the 

 body, scapulars, coverts, and tail, cinereous-grey. 



