200 ANATID^. 



one of the oldest as well as one of the warmest friends of 

 Thomas Bewick, immediately adopted the name I had 

 proposed. It is gratifying to observe that M. Temminck, 

 who is acquainted with the merits of Bewick's works, has 

 set the example on the Continent, and adopted this name 

 also. 



This species is one third smaller than the Hooper at the 

 same age, and appears to go through the same changes 

 of plumage. It is first greyish brown ; afterwards white, 

 tinged with rust colour on the head, and on the under 

 surface of the belly, and ultimately pure white. Their 

 habits, as far as they are known here, have been observed 

 by Mr. Blackwall and Mr. Thompson. These birds have 

 appeared in flocks on various occasions during winter ; 

 they have probably visited this country for many years, 

 but had not been distinguished from the Hooper. When 

 the external characters were made known, several museums 

 and collections in different parts of the country were found 

 to contain specimens. 



Some birds that were but slightly wounded in the 

 wing have been retained, like our Mute Swan, upon orna- 

 mental waters, but I have not heard that any one has 

 succeeded with them so far as to induce them to produce 

 their young. I have one egg which I believe to belong to 

 this species ; it is very like that of the Hooper but smaller, 

 of a pale brownish white ; three inches seven lines long, 

 by two inches six lines in breadth. 



Mr. John Blackwall, in his Researches in Zoology, after 

 referring to a specimen of Bewick's Swan in the Man- 

 chester Museum, says, " About half-past eight, on the 

 morning of the 10th of December, 1829, a flock of twenty- 

 nine Swans, mistaken by many persons who saw them for 

 Wild Geese, was observed flying over the township of 

 Crumpsall, at an elevation not exceeding fifty yards above 



