CYGNUS MINOR 23 



Undoubtedly some lai-ge hewlcki are as l)ig as small minor, but even 

 these appear to i)0 distinctly refcralile in other respects to one or the 

 other form. 



Distribution. — " Breeds in the tundras of eastern Siberia from the 

 Lena Delta eastward." "During migration it is met with as far 

 west as Dzungaria '■ (Buturlin). It extends south during winter 

 into Central Asia, and, as above, into India and China, whence I 

 have seen a skin collected by La Touche. Probably the majority of 

 reported occurrences of hcwicJa in China and Japan should refer to 

 this species. A swan seen by Major Harington near Maymyo, in 

 the Shan States, may have been of this species. 



Occurrences in India. — (1) A skin in the Bombay Natural History 

 Society's Museum shot by Mr. Hornsby, on the 2nd January, 1911, 

 at Tubi, Campbellpur. The orange tint in the bill of this bird was 

 very distinct when it was first seen by me in August, 1911. 



