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[§ 5372. One.— Volga.” From Herr Moschler, 1865. 
This was sent to me as that of the wild bird, and marked “ Sauvage” by 
Herr Moschler. | 
[§ 5373. One.—Abbotsbury, Dorset, June, 1891. From 
Mr. Nelson M. Richardson. 
Kindly sent to me, through the good offices of Mr. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 
by Mr. Richardson, who obtained it from the swan-keeper at Abbotsbury, 
that I might include in this work a specimen from the greatest swannery in 
the world. I visited it 16 July, 1869, when the man in charge told me that 
in the preceding year Lord Ilchester’s steward had counted 856 Swans on the 
water—the Fleet, lying inside the Chesil Beach; and I could well believe 
there were that number, excluding cygnets, when I was there ; but many more 
are said to have been counted since. A view of this water forms the frontis- 
piece to the late Mr. Mansel-Pleydell’s ‘ Birds of Dorsetshire.’ ] 
{§ 5374, One.—Northrepps, Norfolk, May, 1876. From 
Mr. Gurney. 
This is an addled egg sent to me by Mr. Gurney, and laid by the hen of a 
pair of “ Polish” Swans which were obtained by the Zoological Society some 
years ago, and soon after their arrival in the Gardens attracted my attention. 
They were very large and fine birds, agreeing in every particular, both in 
Mr. Bartlett’s opinion and mine, with what are commonly called “ Polish” 
Swans. They were kept in a wretched little enclosure with a shallow tank of 
water, and there they were expected to breed! I repeatedly asked to have 
them put in a better place, but to no purpose. This last winter (1875-6) I 
again applied on their behalf and got a promise that if any Fellow of the 
Society, who had a likely bit of water for them, would take them on loan, or 
buy them at their original price, he should have them. Therefore I wrote to 
Mr. Gurney, and the result was that they were transferred to Northrepps, and 
on the pond there, in which there is a small island, they lost no time in making 
themselves at home and building a nest, from which they hatched a brood of 
five cygnets, leaving this rotten ege, which, according to a previous agreement, 
was tobe mine. Mr. Gurney sent a note on their nidification to the Zoological 
Society, which was published in its ‘ Proceedings’ (1876, p. 466), and next 
year followed it by a longer communication (1877, pp. 579, 380) describing 
the young birds, which certainly differed not a little from those of the 
ordinary form, though for several reasons I here offer no opinion as to the 
specific value of C. immutabilis.] 
