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In the language of swanherds, the male Swan is called 

 a Cob, the female a Pen : these terms refer to the com- 

 parative size and grade of the two sexes ; the young 

 during their first year, are called Cygnets; during the 

 second, Grey-birds; afterwards, their plumage being per- 

 fect, White Swans. The black tubercle at the base of the 

 beak is called the berry, and a Swan without any mark 

 on the beak is said to be clear-billed. 



For a reference to the various statutes, laws, orders, 

 &c. on Swans and swan-marks, see the article, Swan, 

 written by Mr. Sergeant Manning, in the Penny Cyclo- 

 pedia, from which I have made some short extracts. 



