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BEWICK'S SWAN. 

 Cygnus Bewickii. 



Cygnm Bewickii, Bewick's Swan, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, vol. ii. p. 290. 



SELBY, Brit. Ornith. vol. ii. p. 284. 



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 228. 



EYTON, Earer Brit. Birds, p. 86. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Cygne de Bewick, TEMM. Man. d'Ornith. pt. iv. p. 527. 



IN the winter of 1823-24*, I prepared and preserved the 

 trachea and part of the bones of a young Wild Swan, shot* 

 in this country, which, possessing peculiarities I had never 

 observed in the bones of the Hooper at any age, induced 

 me to believe it would prove to belong to a distinct spe- 

 cies. 



At the sale of part of the valuable collection of the late 

 Joshua Brookes, Esq., in July, 1828, I purchased the 



