﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  

  

  237 
  

  

  from 
  the 
  13th 
  to 
  the 
  28th 
  of 
  March 
  and 
  is 
  rarely 
  seen 
  later 
  than 
  the 
  loth 
  

   of 
  April. 
  In 
  the 
  fall 
  it 
  appears 
  from 
  October 
  21 
  to 
  November 
  8 
  and 
  has 
  

   not 
  been 
  recorded 
  later 
  than 
  December 
  24. 
  Many 
  mounted 
  specimens 
  

   of 
  this 
  bird, 
  killed 
  in 
  western 
  New 
  York, 
  have 
  come 
  under 
  the 
  author's 
  

   observations, 
  but 
  in 
  most 
  cases 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  impossible 
  to 
  obtain 
  any 
  definite 
  

   information 
  concerning 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  their 
  capture. 
  DeKay's 
  statement 
  

  

  Bill 
  of 
  Trumpeter 
  swan. 
  15 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  Bill 
  of 
  Whistling 
  swan, 
  h 
  nat. 
  size 
  

  

  that 
  the 
  swan 
  formerly 
  bred 
  in 
  Hamilton 
  and 
  Herkimer 
  counties 
  was 
  based 
  

   on 
  the 
  testimony 
  of 
  residents 
  who 
  undoubtedly 
  made 
  the 
  report 
  on 
  insuf- 
  

   ficient 
  evidence. 
  At 
  any 
  rate, 
  we 
  have 
  no 
  good 
  reason 
  to 
  believe 
  that 
  this 
  

   bird 
  ever 
  bred 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  State, 
  although 
  it 
  was 
  unquestionably 
  much 
  

   more 
  common 
  in 
  early 
  times 
  

   in 
  recent 
  times. 
  

  

  Following 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  records 
  of 
  its 
  occurrence 
  

  

  Black 
  river, 
  Lewis 
  CO., 
  N.Y. 
  March 
  1826. 
  (Flock). 
  "Hough, 
  History 
  of 
  Lewis 
  county" 
  

  

  Lake 
  Champlain, 
  N. 
  Y. 
  About 
  1870. 
  F. 
  T. 
  Pember 
  

  

  Montauk 
  Point, 
  L. 
  I. 
  About 
  1874. 
  (J. 
  Miller, 
  J. 
  Scott). 
  Butcher 
  

  

  