ORDER PALMIPEDES. 599 



white tinted with yellowish- grey, and entirely grey 

 when young. This species, which is very like the 

 last in its exteriors, is perfectly distinguishable 

 from it, interiorly, by the trachea, which is bent, 

 and in a great measure penetrates into the cavity of 

 the keel of the sternum, which particularity is 

 common to both the sexes, and which does not 

 exist in the domesticated species. This is unad- 

 visedly named the wild swan, and the singing swan. 

 The song of the swan at its death, is a mere fable. 



It is the Cygnus Musicus, Bechst. C. Melanorhyn- 

 chus, Meyer. Arctic Circle. 



Black Swan, Anas Plutonia., Shaw, Nat. Mus. pi. 

 108. An. Atrata, Lath. Vieill. Gal. ^86. 



Lately discovered in New Holland ; of the size of 

 the common swan, but of a less elegant carriage. It 

 is entirely black except the primary quills, which are 

 white, and the bill, and a naked skin at its base, 

 which are red. Cygnus AtratuSy Vieil. Mus. Brit. 

 We may add — 



Black-necked Sivan, Anas Melanocephalus, and A. 

 Nigricollis, Gmel. Cygnus NigricolUs, Shaw. 

 Cyg. Melanocephalus, Vieill. 



White ; head, and neck, black ; bill, red. Mus. New 

 York, from whence our figure. South America, and 

 south of Magellan. 



Canada Goose^ Anas Canadensis, L. Enl. 346, 

 Wilson Am. 67, 4, appears to me also a true swan. 



