February 
long, the fore part of the face is red about the 
bill, and the rest of the head pure black and 
white, the breast white, with a tinge of soft 
brown on each side, and the dark wings con- 
spicuously striped with yellow. They are not 
yet in song, but their call-note has the same sad 
quality found in the American species (hence 
the specific name of the latter, ¢vis#s). The 
red mask, the abrupt black and white of the 
head, and the yellow wing-bars give a striking 
appearance to this daintyspecimen. Its winter 
and summer plumage are the same; whereas its 
American congener, in its sober winter garb of 
chocolate-brown, would never be recognized by 
those who only know of its bright yellow dress 
donned in April. The European species is the 
more abundant hereabouts this winter, although 
not hardier than the other. 
The ‘live stock’’ of the Park, consisting 
chiefly of swans, ducks, and geese, are wintered 
in asmall basin at the end of the lake. It is 
amusing, on a breezy day, to see half a dozen 
swans floating, with heads laid back under the 
wing, doubtless asleep, and drifting about in 
the wind, like so many dismasted yachts. I 
have never been so struck with the fact that 
the effect of any object depends so largely upon 
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