SWANS. 155 
with those of Cygnus americanus, he found it to belong 
to that species. Macgillivray, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. iv. 
p. 682; Manual of British Birds (Water Birds), 
p. 158. 
TRUMPETER SWAN. Cygnus buccinator, Richardson. 
Hab. North America. 
Five seen, four shot, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 27th Oct. 1866: 
Hele, Notes about Aldeburgh, p. 147. 
Obs. These birds were described by Mr. Hele (J. c.) 
under the head of ‘“ Swan, species incerta;” but Mr. 
J. H. Gurney, writing to me from Aldeburgh, under 
date 26th Sept. 1871, says:—‘ Since staying here I 
have seen Mr. Hele’s ‘Swan, species 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.” 
CASSIN’S SNOW GOOSE. Anser albatus, Cassin *. 
Hab. North America. 
Two out of a flock, Wexford Harbour, Nov. 1871: Howard 
Saunders, Proc. Zool. Soe. March 1872. 
Obs. As to the propriety of separating this species 
from Anser cerulescens, Linn. (A. hyperboreus, Pall.), 
see Baird, Birds N. America, p. 760. 
* Anser cerulescens, Linnzeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 198 (1766). A. 
hyperboreus, Pallas, Spic. Zool. vi. p.80(1767). A. albatus, Cassin, 
Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1856, p. 41. 
