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THE WILD SWAN. 



Cygnvs fervs. Briss. 



Like the preceding species, the Wild Swan, or, as it 

 is not unfrequently termed, the Hooper, is a native of 

 nearly the whole northern hemisphere. In the Old 

 World it passes northwards as far as Iceland and 

 Kamtschatka, skirting the borders of the Arctic Circle, 

 but rarely entering within its limits. Those which 

 inhabit Europe generally pass the winter in its more 

 southern regions, and even extend their flight to Egypt 

 and Barbary ; while the Asiatic birds seem rarely to 

 pass much farther south than the shores of the Caspian 

 and Black Seas. In America the range of their migra- 

 tions is bounded by Hudson's Bay on the north, and 

 Louisiana and the Carolinas on the south. They are 

 extremely abundant in the northern parts of the New 

 Continent and in Silx'ria ; and in many districts of 



