ANATIDE. 415 
BEWICK’S SWAN. 
CYGNUS BEWICKI, Yarrell. 
This Swan—which is: one-third less than the Whooper, and pre- 
sents noticeable differences in the smaller size and distribution of 
the yellow patch at the base of the bill—was recognized as a visitor 
to this country by Yarrell in 1829, and almost simultaneously by 
R. Wingate of Newcastle. Subsequent experience has shown that 
Bewick’s Swan is of fairly frequent occurrence in severe winters on 
some parts of the coasts of England and Wales, although rarer than 
its larger congener; while in Scotiand it is sometimes abundant— 
especially in the Outer Hebrides—and occurs in the Orkneys. All 
over Ireland, as already remarked, it is far more numerous than the 
Whooper; Mr. R. Warren writes that on December 17th 1880 
more than two hundred were seen together on Lough Cullen, 
co. Mayo; and during the unexampled frost of 1881 eight hundred 
were observed at one time on the lake of Castle Gregory in 
co. Kerry; while even thousands are said to have been counted in 
other localities. Sir R. Payne-Gallwey states that there is a strong 
feeling in Ireland—especially in the west—against slaying a Swan, 
and the majority of fowlers cannot be induced to fire at one. 
Bewick’s Swan has not been found in Greenland or Iceland, and 
