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ANSERES. 



ANATIDJl. 



ANATID^F.. 



Gygnus musicus, Bechstein.* 

 THE WHOOPER, 



ELK, OK WHISTLING SWAN. 



Cygnus ferus. 



Cygnus, 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 lamellie. Nostrils oblong, lateral, near the middle 

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

 and free, 



The Whoopee, so called on account of the peculiar note 

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



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

 t Orn. Taschenb. ii. p. 404 (1803). 



