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NATATORES. 



ANATIDJS. 



ANATWJE. 





BEWICKS SWAN. 



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

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



JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 228. 



EYTON, Rare Brit. Birds, p. 86. 



GOULD, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 



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



IN the winter of 1 823-24, 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 species. 



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

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



