SWANS 453 



shot in the south of Scotland, which he at first 

 mistook for Bewick's Swan ; but on dissecting it he 

 found differences indicative of a distinct species ; 

 and on comparing its sternum, windpipe, and diges- 

 tive organs with those of Cygnus americanus, he 

 found it to belong to that species. Macgillivray, 

 ''Hist. Brit. Birds," vol. iv. p. 682, and "Manual 

 Brit. Birds (Water Birds)," p. 158. 



TRUMPETER SWAN. Cygnus buccinator, Richard- 

 son. Length, 60 in.; bill, 4-25 in.; wing, 25 in.; tarsus, 

 4-5 in. 

 Hah. Chiefly the interior of North America, from the 



Gulf Coast to the fur countries, breeding from Iowa and 



Dakota northward, west to the Pacific, but rare or casual 



on the Atlantic. 



Five seen, four shot, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, Oct. 27, 

 186G: Hele, "Notes about Aldeburgh," p. 147. 



Obs. These birds w^ere described by Mr. Hele 

 (Z.c.) under the heading "Swan, species incerta ;'' 

 but Mr. J. H. Gurney, writing to me from Alde- 

 burgh, under date Sept. 26, 1871, remarked: 

 "Since staying here I have seen Mr. Hele's 'Swan, 

 sjyecies incerta,' p. 147 of his 'Aldeburgh Notes,' 

 and believe it to be really an American Trumpeter 

 Swan, giving that species a title to be considered an 

 accidental visitor to this country." An imported 

 Trumpeter Swan paired with a male Mute Swan at 

 Vaynol Park, Bangor, and reared broods of hybrid 

 cygnets three years in succession, viz., in 1892, 1893, 

 and 1894. I saw the parent birds and tlie broods. In 

 the latter the bill was almost black, except towards 



