BRITISH BIRDS. 



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THE MUTE SWAN. 



TAME SWAN. 



s ()/or, Temm. C\gnc tubcrciilc on doincstiqu-c, 

 Temm.) 



THE plumage of this species is of the same 

 snowy whiteness as that of the Wild Swan, and the 

 bird is covered next the body with the same kind 

 of fine close down ; but it greatly exceeds the Wild 

 Swan in size, weighing about twenty-five pounds, 

 and measuring more in the length of the body and 

 extent of the wings. This also differs in being 



