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present species, as that would be full length for 

 it, while Bewick's Swan would be about one-third 

 less ; some description of the bill, however, would 

 have been more satisfactory. It would certainly 

 have been interesting to have had some more par- 

 ticulars about this Swan, as this last severe winter 

 (1878 and 1879) has been very productive of Swans 

 in the south-west of England, the greater number 

 of those occurring in this county of Somerset, how- 

 ever, curiously enough, having been Bewick's Swan, 

 which is generally considered the rarer species. 

 Though Swans have been so exceptionally numerous 

 in various parts of England this winter, the above- 

 mentioned is the only occurrence I have heard of 

 in the Channel Islands. 



The Hooper is included in Professor Ansted's 

 list, but marked as only occurring in Guernsey. 

 There are two specimens in the Museum, one adult 

 and one young bird. 



139. BEWICK'S SWAN. Cygnus minor, Keys and 

 Blasius. French, " Cygne de Bewick."* I have 

 very little authority for including Bewick's Swan in 

 my list of Guernsey birds ; Mr. MacCulloch, how- 

 ever, writes me word, " The Common Hooper has 

 visited us in severe winters, and is certainly not the 

 only species of wild Swan that has been shot here." 

 In all probability the other must have been Bewick's 



* See Temminck's ' Man. d'Ornithologie.' 



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