WHOOPER, OR WHISTLING SWAN. n'^r^ 



easy manner^ it is, in fact^ of considerable swiftness. Its 

 note^ whence it is named^ is a lond " whoop ! ' ' frequently 

 repeated. 



Mr. Marshall^ then of Bolney, shot an immature specimen 

 as it was flying rather low over his head ; it was many years 

 backj but I cannot give the date^ and it was preserved for 

 him. 



In my own notes I find that many flights of Swans were 

 passing over Newhaven and East Blatchington^ at the end of 

 December, 1854; and about the same time a small party of 

 five^ and two or three larger flocks^ were seen flying over 

 Henfield. Mr. Knox (O. R. p. 243) observes_, that in January 

 1839 he saw several flocks at Pagham, and j)i'ocured many 

 specimens. Mr. Jeifery also states that three Swans were 

 seen ia Chichester and Bosham Harbours, in February 

 1865, and that one was shot out of seven, on January 

 23rd, 1867, and another near Havant. In February 1879 

 two were shot at Pagham ; in March of the same year 

 several were seen, and one killed, near Chichester ; and on 

 December 29th, 1879, an immature specimen was obtained 

 at Bosham. 



This Swan swims with its neck much more erect than 

 the Mute Swan, and, as it never dives, always feeds in the 

 shallows ; when it has been feeding long in salt water, the 

 neck is often tinged with yellow. 



In the ^Zoologist' (p. 7387), one is recorded as having 

 been shot at Poyniugs Springs, by Mr. Thorncroft, of 

 Brighton, on January 21st, 1861. This is said to have been 

 preserved, and to be in the possession of Mr. Botting of 

 Newhouse. I have the head and neck of a specimen killed 

 at the same spot, but cannot give the date. 



I am indebted to Mr. Harting for the following copy of 

 an original letter in his possession, addressed by the Hon. 

 and Rev. W. Herbert to Edward Turner Bennett (names 



