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The tame Swans which belong to this quarter have been removed to the Lake in the 

 Regent's Park, to prevent the collection of birds kept here from being too numerous 

 for the space allotted to them. 



WILD OR WHISTLING SWANS. 

 Cygniis ferns, Briss. 



Found wild occasionally in Great Britain, and other temperate districts of all parts 

 of the world, but abundantly in the Arctic regions, where they chielly breed. Are 

 sometimes called the Elk or Hooper Swan. They feed on aquatic plants and insects. 

 These birds were reared in the Menagerie of the Earl of Egremont, at Petworth in 

 Sussex, by whom they were presented to the Society. The species is quite distinct 

 from the tame Swan, differing materially in some of its anatomical characters. The 

 external differences are chiefly in the bills, the base of which in the tvild Sivan is yel- 

 low, and in the tame Swan h\ac A. These birds alsocarry their necks straighter than 

 the tame Sivans. — A wild Swan presented by Thomas Fowell Buxton, Esq., has been 

 sent to the Lake in the Regents Paik. 



BLACK SWANS. (Male and Female.) (See page 5.) 



CANADA GEESE. 



Anser Canadensis, . Anas Canadensis, Linn. 



Natives of Nortii Ameiica, breeding in great numbers in the Northern parts, and 

 migrating southwards in winter. Great numbers are annually taken near Hudson's 

 Bay, from whence the pair now exhibited came, being prf.'sented by the Hudson's Bay 

 Company. The species is half domesticated in this i:ountry, and is frequent in the 

 lakes and large ponds inpaiks. Such, howevei', are of much larger size than the 

 native American birds. A pair have been presented by A. White, Esq., which breed 

 freely. 



CHINESE GEESE. 

 Anser cygnoides, , Anas cygnoides, Linn. 



These b rds are brought from China and other parts of Asia ; also from Africa. 

 They are sometimes entirely while. — Chinese Geesehdve been presented to the Society 

 by Captain Sotheby, by Henry Tredrroft, Esq., and by John Reeves, Esq. 



EGYPTIAN GEESE. (See page 26.) 



SPUR- WINGED GEESE. 

 Anser Gambiensis, Ray. 



Inhabits Gambia and other parts of Africa. 



HERRING GULL. 



Larus argent at us, Brunn. 



The back and wings blueish ash-coloured, the remainder of the body and head 

 white. It is one of the large Gull \vh\ch is everywhere seen on the coasts of the British 

 Islands, and is equally common on the shores of the Western parts of Europe. 



WHITE- FRONTED or LAUGHING GEESE. (See page 26.) 



PENGUIN DUCKS. 



A variety of the comnr.on Duck remarkable for the resemblance which its attitude 

 bears to that of the Penguin. 



Adjoining these is a Dk.n (17) vvith a Pond for a 



WHITE OR POLAR BEAR. (A Female.) 

 Ursus maritimus, Gmel 



White Bears are found only in the coldest regions nf the North. The animal here 

 exhibited is small in comparison with the usual si/.e of the species. 



Nearly adjoining this Den is an Enclosure where the Vi.sitor will observe 

 some MoNKKY Polks (18), to which certain species of 



MONKtVS 

 are fastened during the day in the summer season. 



