INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 



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Swans. 



Cygnus olor Bn'ss. 

 ferus Briss. 

 atratus Meyer. 



Tame Swan. 

 Wild Swan. 

 Black Swan. 



Geese. 



Cereopsis Australis Sia. 

 Anser leucopsis Bechst. 



bernicla 



Canadensis 



cygnoides 



Gambiensis Ray. 



Sand vicen sis Vir/. 



Egyptiacus Briss. 

 DendrocYgnus erythrorynchus "| 

 Sic. ' } 



Pigeon Goose. 

 Brent Goose. 

 Barnacle Goose. 

 Canada ditto. 

 Cliinese ditto. 

 Spur-winged ditto. 

 Sandwich Island ditto. 

 Egyptian ditto. 



Red-billed Tree Duck. 



Dendi'oncssa sponsa Sic. 



galericulata Stv. 

 Boschas domestica Lin. 



formosa Sw. 



crecca Sw. 

 Anas clypeata Li mi. 

 Dafila acuta Leach. 

 Chauliodus Strepera Sw. 



Freshwater Ducks. Anatince. 



American Summer Duck. 

 IMandarin Duck. 

 Common Wild Duck. 

 Beautiful Teal. 

 Common Teal. 

 Common Shoveller. 

 Pintail. 

 Gad\\-all. 



Sea Ducks. 



Clangula vulgaris Leach. 

 Fuligula cristata Leach. 



FuIiyuUncp. 



f Common, or Golden-eye 

 ^ Garrot. 

 Tufted Duck. 



Considering that the aquatic species necessarily form 

 but a portion of the general collection, and that the 

 attention of the Society is not directed to any one par- 

 ticular family of birds^ but is spread over the whoje, 

 the foregoing list may be considered a fair proportion- 

 ate amount of species ; and yet, when we view it in 

 reference to the number of the Anatidcs that are known 

 to bear confinement, or whose habits give every reason 

 to believe that they are fitted for partial domestication. 



