322 GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL. 



an average, and not so glossy. They measure on an average 

 4'o inches in length by 2 '6 inches in breadth. 



Diagnostic Characters. — Cygnus, with the tail short and 

 rounded, and with the lores and the basal portion of the bill, but 

 not extending below the nostrils, yellow, remainder black. Length, 

 50 inches. 



