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NATATORES. 



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BEWICK'S SWAN. 



Cygnus Bew 



ckii, Bewick's Swan, Bewick, Brit, Birds, vol. ii. p. 290. 



,, ,, Selby, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 284.. 



,, „ Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 228. 



,, ,, Eyton, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 86. 



,, ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 



Cygne de Bewick, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. pt. iv. p. 527. 



In the winter of 1823-2-1, I prepared and preserved the 

 trachea and part of the bones of a young Wild Swan, shot 

 in this country, which, possessing peculiarities I had never 

 observed in the bones of the Hooper at any age, induced me 

 to believe it would prove to belong to a distinct species. 



At the sale of part of the valuable collection of the late 



