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are similar, particularly in the peculiar horizontal bend or loop it makes 

 at the posterior part of the sternum ; in all, the lower part of the tube 

 is found enlarged, and the inferior larynx of considerable transverse di- 

 ameter ; in all, this part is suspended vertically, and considerably with- 

 in the cavity of the thorax, and in all the bronchi are short and not 

 more than one-third the dimensions of those of the Hooper. 



I shall now conclude these observations, merely stating that this 

 noble addition to our Fauna will hereafter stand recorded in our orni- 

 thological systems, as the Cygnus Bewickii of Win gate and may be 

 thus characterised : — 



Ordo Natores. 



Fam. Anatid^e. 



Genus CYGNUS. 

 Sp. Cygnus Bewickii, Wing. — Beivick's Swan. 



Cygnus, albus, fronte genisque ferrugineo maculatis. Rostro basi 

 tuberculo flavo, pedibus nigris. Cauda cuneata, rectricibus octodecim. 



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