g6 Birds of Canada. 



ORDER VI. tet0ttjGi* 



SUB-ORDER ANSERES. 



Sub-Family CYGNIN^. The Swans. 



Cygnus americanus. The American Swan. 



This magnificent bird is rare in the eastern 

 part of Canada ; in the west it is occasionally 

 met with in the vicinity of the river St. Clair. 

 Several beautiful specimens were obtained near 

 Goderich in the summer of 1870. The adult 

 bird is pure white ; the bill and legs, black ; the 

 tail has twenty feathers. The young birds are 

 brown, with a reddish tint. Breeds in the north- 

 west. Nests, on the ground ; eggs, eight in 

 number, of an olive-green color. This swan is 

 fifty-four inches long. 



C. buccinator- The Trumpeter Swan. 



This beautiful swan is an accidental visitor, 

 rarely seen east of Toronto. It is sixty-two 

 inches long. Pure white ; the bill and legs, 

 black. Its notes are loud and sonorous. Breeds 

 in the north-west. 



