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observed Swans, probably of this species, 

 in the Runn of Cutch. Major Water- 

 field shot this species near Peshawar on 

 the 3rd of June, and Mr. D. B. Sinclair 

 shot a specimen on the ist of June and 

 observed another on the yth of July. This 

 Swan thus appears to visit India regard- 

 less of season, or it may, not improbably, 

 be a resident in certain favourable 

 localities. 



The Mute Swan is a bird of temperate 

 climates, and does not go to the far north. 

 In fact, I cannot discover that it has ever 

 been observed north of the 6oth degree 

 of north latitude. Laterally, the range 

 of this Swan extends from Western Europe 

 to Eastern Siberia. In winter it visits 

 Northern Africa, Asia Minor, Persia, and, 

 as we know, North-Western India. It 

 breeds in portions of Central Europe, on 

 the shores of the Caspian Sea, in Turkes- 

 tan, and in Mongolia. 



The Mute Swan appears to be a resident 

 species in the central portion of its range, 

 and to be migratory only in the northern 

 and southern portions. It is the Swan 

 which is most commonly kept in confine- 

 ment throughout Europe, and it seems 

 to be able to live in all climates. 



As a rule, the Mute Swan is found on 



