ANSERES. ( 99 ) ANATIDM. 



BEWICK'S SWAN. 

 Cygnus Bewichi. 



Sum swallis swan, some swallis duik. 

 And I stand fastand in a nuik. 



Dunbar. 



Bewick's Swan, which is about one-third smaller than the 

 Whooper, and, like that bird, visits Scotland on migration, is 

 occasionally seen oif the coast of Berwickshire during the 

 winter months. Mr. Hardy, Oldcambus, writing on the 

 12th of November 1886, mentions that a specimen of this 

 Swan was brought to him from Eedheugh on that day, and 

 adds that it had been cast ashore, probably by the storm 

 which took place on the 5 th and 6 th of the same month.^ 



The length of Bewick's Swan is about four feet, and the 

 base of the beak is orange yellow. In young birds the 

 plumage is greyish brown. 



1 Mr. Hardy's MS. Notes, 



