94 HOOPER OR WILD SWAN. 



voyage possessed 232 birds. The lower figure is 

 that of Lord Buckhurst, and the keys adopted have 

 reference to the office of Chamberlain to the House- 

 hold. 



There seems to be very few records of this species 

 appearing in a wild state in Britain, none in modern 

 days. Their natural residence seems to be Eastern 

 Europe, but our information is yet scanty. * Mr. 

 Strickland states that the species visits Smyrna Bay 

 in winter. 



THE HOOPER OR WILD SWAN. 



Cygnusferus. 

 PLATE II.* Fro 1. 



THIS species is the most common in Britain, being 

 a general winter visitant, frequenting at this time 

 the coasts of England, and the lochs, together with 

 occasionally the shores and inland estuaries of Scot- 

 land, in severe weather frequently ascending the 

 courses of rivers for many miles ; we possess a fine 

 specimen of one killed on the river Annan in our 

 vicinity, and know that they have been shot on the 

 Nith as high as Drumlanrig, and on some alpine 

 lochs on the confines of Dumfries-shire and Selkirk- 

 shire, they are frequently to be met with in winter. 

 * Sibbald includes them among the birds of Scotland 



