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ANSERES. 



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Cygnus musicus, Bechstein.* 

 THE WHOOPER, 



ELK, OR WHISTLING SWAN. 



Cygnns ferns. 



GroNUS, Bechsteinf. — Beak of equal breadth throughout its length ; higher than 

 wide at the base; depressed at the point ; both mandibles furnished along the 

 sides with transverse serrated lamelke. Nostrils oblong, lateral, near the middle 

 of the beak. Neck slender, and very long. Legs short, the hind toe small 

 and free. 



The Whooper, so called on account of the iicculiar note 

 uttered by this bird, is a winter visitor to tlie British Islands, 



* Gemein. Naturg. Deutschl. iii. p. 830 (1809). 

 t Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 401 (1803). 



