89. THE MUTE SWAN. 



Cygnus olor^ (Gmelin). 



Primaries wholly white or pale brown. 



Neck as long as, or longer than, the 

 body. 



Skin in front of the eye bare of feathers, 

 except in very young birds. 



Tarsus much shorter than the middle 

 toe. 



Upper mandible orange-yellow, except 

 the knob at base, the nail, the nostrils, 

 and the skin between the base of the 

 bill and the eye, which are black. 

 Sexes alike. 



Vernacular Name -.—Penr, Punjab. 



The occurrence of the Mute Swan in 

 India has been noted on many occasions, 

 and this bird appears to be a somewhat 

 regular visitor, in small numbers, to the 

 north-west part of the Empire. It has 

 been procured in the Peshawar and 

 Hazara districts of the Punjab, and near 

 Sehwan in Sind, in the cold weather. 

 Stoliczka stated, many years ago, that he 



