106 ANATIDE. 



immediately adopted the name I had proposed. It is gratify- 

 ing to observe that M. Temminck, who is acquainted with 

 the merits of Bewick's works, has set the example on the 

 Continent, and adopted this name also. 



This species is one third smaller than the Hooper at the 

 same age, and appears to go through the same changes of 

 plumage. It is first greyish-brown ; afterwards Avhite, tinged 

 with rust colour on the head, and on the under surface of the 

 belly, and ultimately pure white. Their habits, as far as they 

 are known here, have been observed by Mr. Blackwall and 

 Mr. Thompson. These birds have appeared in flocks on 

 various occasions during winter ; they have probably visited 

 this country for many years, but had not been distinguished 

 from the Hooper. When the external characters were made 

 known, several museums and collections in diflPerent parts of 

 the country were found to contain specimens. 



Some birds that were but slightly wounded in the wing 

 have been retained, like our Mute SAvan, upon ornamental 

 waters, but I have not heard that any one has succeeded with 

 them so far as to induce them to produce their young. I 

 have one egg which I believe to belong to this species ; it is 

 very like that of the Hooper but smaller, of a pale brownish- 

 white ; three inches seven lines long, by two inches six lines 

 in breadth. 



Mr. John Blackwall, in his researches in Zoology, after 

 referring to a specimen of Bewick''s Swan in the Manchester 

 Museum, says, " About half-past eight, on the morning of 

 the 10th of December 1829, a flock of twenty-nine swans, 

 mistaken by many persons who saw them, for wild geese, was 

 observed flying over the township of Crumpsall, at an eleva- 

 tion not exceeding fifty yards above the surface of the earth. 

 They flew in a line, taking a northerly direction, and their 

 loud calls, for they were very clamorous, when on the wing, 

 miffht be heard to a considerable distance. I afterwards 



