SW AWN, BEA i@iwkess: 
Cyrenus Bewicxil, Bew. 
Bewick’s Swan, which is much smaller than the 
Hooper, is found in the north of Europe, and in 
America, and is not an uncommon species in 
England and Scotland during winter. Of the 
habits and manner of this species little appears to 
be known. When on the water it has somewhat 
the air and appearance of a Goose, being almost 
wholly devoid of that grace and majesty by which 
the Mute Swan is so advantageously distinguished. 
It is a very shy and timid bird, and can only be 
approached by stratagem. The breeding places to 
which it resorts have not been ascertained. 
Say AUN WDD: 
Hooper, or WaIsTLING SwAN. 
Crenus rerus, Mem. 
The Common Wild Swan, though only a winter 
visitant to the British Islands, has been known to 
breed on the Shetland and Orkney Islands, and in 
Sutherlandshire. It also breeds in Lapland, from 
whence eggs have been procured; and is found in 
Holland, France, Italy, &c., and as far south as 
Barbary and Egypt. In America this species has 
