<i20 WILD SWAN. Class IL 



The cry of this kind is very loud, and 

 may be heard at a great distance, from which 

 it is sometimes called the Hooper. When 

 they fly high, and numbers of different ages 

 and sexes are joined together, their notes are 

 far from disagreeable; and as some alledge, 

 are even musical. On the contrary, the tame 

 species is almost dumb, for it never emits the 

 least sound beyond a hiss, which it does when 

 provoked. Other distinctions between this and 

 the next species, are these : the Hooper carries 

 its neck erect, like a goose ; the other bends it 

 in swimming; and is far inferior to our tame 

 Swan in size. This species has twelve ribs on 

 a side ; the other only eleven : this species has 

 a windpipe with a double and great flexure, to 

 which it owes the modulation of its voice; the 

 windpipe of the other is strait. 



These birds swarm during summer on the 

 larger lakes and marshes of the Tartarian and 

 Siberian deserts ; but resort in vast numbers to 

 winter about the Caspian and Euaine seas. 

 Those of the eastern parts of Sibeiia retire 

 beyond Kamlsckatka, either to the coast of 

 America^ or the isle north of Japan. The Rus- 

 sians frequently tame this species ; very rarel}^ 

 that which we call the Tame Swan. 



