﻿BIRDS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  YORK 
  239 
  

  

  Buffalo 
  newspapers 
  of 
  March 
  17th, 
  1908, 
  and 
  by 
  James 
  Savage 
  in 
  the 
  

   Buffalo 
  Society 
  Natural 
  Sciences 
  Bulletin 
  1908, 
  volume 
  9, 
  pages 
  23-28, 
  

   and 
  by 
  Fleming 
  in 
  the 
  Auk, 
  volume 
  25, 
  pages 
  306-9. 
  

  

  Olor 
  buccinator 
  (Richardson) 
  

   Trumpeter 
  Swan 
  

  

  Cygnus 
  buccinator 
  Richardson 
  in 
  Richardson 
  & 
  Swainson. 
  Fauna 
  Bor. 
  Am^ 
  

  

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  1. 
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  List. 
  Ed. 
  2. 
  1895. 
  No. 
  181 
  

  

  huccind'tor, 
  Lat., 
  a 
  trumpeter 
  

  

  This 
  large 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  western 
  North 
  America, 
  but 
  has 
  been 
  

   ascribed 
  to 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  states 
  as 
  a 
  casual 
  visitor 
  by 
  many 
  authors. 
  I 
  have 
  

   been 
  unable 
  to 
  find 
  any 
  New 
  York 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  swan 
  although 
  the 
  Auburn 
  

   List 
  records 
  it, 
  page 
  36, 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  on 
  Cayuga 
  lake 
  and 
  the 
  

   specimen 
  was 
  still 
  extant 
  in 
  1879. 
  The 
  Buffalo 
  List, 
  by 
  Dr 
  Gregg, 
  page 
  6, 
  

   also 
  records 
  it 
  as 
  an 
  accidental 
  visitant 
  on 
  the 
  authority 
  of 
  the 
  late 
  Charles 
  

   Linden, 
  but 
  no 
  specimens 
  are 
  cited. 
  I 
  regret 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  been 
  

   unable 
  to 
  trace 
  the 
  Cayuga 
  specimen 
  and 
  hence 
  can 
  pass 
  no 
  judgment 
  as 
  

   to 
  its 
  authenticity. 
  Also, 
  a 
  second 
  specimen 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  

   this 
  species, 
  after 
  careful 
  meastirements 
  I 
  have 
  referred 
  tocolumbianus. 
  

   This 
  bird 
  was 
  evidently 
  an 
  immature 
  specimen, 
  probably 
  of 
  the 
  second 
  year 
  

   as 
  it 
  still 
  retains 
  the 
  brownish 
  or 
  ashy 
  tinge 
  of 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  upper 
  neck; 
  

   but 
  its 
  dimensions 
  reach 
  the 
  maximum 
  for 
  c 
  o 
  1 
  u 
  m 
  b 
  i 
  a 
  n 
  u 
  s 
  . 
  Its 
  bill 
  

   though 
  appearing 
  perfectly 
  black, 
  after 
  being 
  scrubbed 
  with 
  alcohol, 
  

   revealed 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  of 
  an 
  obscure 
  flesh-color 
  for 
  a 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  space 
  both 
  before 
  and 
  behind 
  the 
  nostrils. 
  Its 
  tail 
  feathers 
  are 
  

   20 
  in 
  number. 
  The 
  shape 
  and 
  proportions 
  of 
  its 
  bill 
  c.re 
  more 
  nearly 
  those 
  

   of 
  c 
  o 
  1 
  u 
  m 
  b 
  i 
  a 
  n 
  u 
  s 
  . 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  Trumpeter 
  swan 
  was 
  formerly 
  an 
  occasional 
  

   visitor 
  to 
  this 
  State 
  in 
  the 
  days 
  when 
  all 
  our 
  waterfowl 
  were 
  more 
  numerous, 
  

   and 
  such 
  western 
  species 
  as 
  the 
  White 
  pelican 
  and 
  Whooping 
  crane 
  are 
  

   known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  regular 
  visitors 
  on 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  seaboard. 
  It 
  will 
  be 
  

   well 
  for 
  all 
  sportsmen 
  and 
  ornithologists 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  sharp 
  scrutiny 
  of 
  all 
  

  

  