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Bewick is cherished with ardour by many, as that of a man 

 of great amiability of disposition and natural talent; and it 

 is pleasant to perceive an opportunity taken of perpetuating 

 the remembrance of his attachment to ornithological pur- 

 suits, by associating his name with that of the present spe- 

 cies, one of our British birds, which was first distinguished 

 and made known as such by Mr. E. E. Wingate, whose 

 attention was drawn to the subject by Mr. John Hancock. 

 It is a smaller species than the last, and much rarer ; and 

 although the bill is, like that of the Hooper, black towards 

 the apex, it is so over a much greater extent of surface, the 

 yellow portion forming a large and nearly oval spot above 

 and in front of the eye ; there are also other external dis- 

 tinctions traceable upon comparison between them. The 

 bird is a native of northern regions, and has been, with 

 probability, stated to breed in Iceland, and within the 

 Arctic Circle. Little is known of its breeding habits. The 

 nest has been differently but doubtless truthfully described; 

 and from these descriptions we gather that it is large, and 

 constructed of very various materials. The eggs, less than 

 those of the Wild Swan, are of a cream-white colour. 



THE POLISH SWAN. Cygnus immiitabllis.\\\ 1838, 

 Mr. Yarrell first introduced this species to the notice of 



