SWANS. 155 



with those of Cygnus americanus, he found it to belong 

 to that species. Macgillivray, Hist. Brit. Birds, vol. iv. 

 p. 682; Manual of British Birds (Water Birds), 

 p. 158. 



TEIJMPETEE SWAN. Cygnus buccinator, Richardson, 



Hab. North America. 



Five seen, four shot, near Aldeburgh, Suffolk, 27th Oct. 1866 : 

 Hele, Notes about Aldehurgh, p. 147. 



Obs. These birds were described by Mr. Hele (I. c.) 

 under the head of " Swan, species incerta ; " but Mr. 

 J. H. Gurney, writing to me from Aldeburgh, under 

 date 26th Sept. 1871, says: — "Since staying here I 

 have seen Mr. Hele's ' Swan, species incerta,' p. 147 

 of his Aldeburgh Notes, and believe it to be really an 

 American Trumpeter Swan, giving that species a title 

 to be considered an accidental visitor to this country." 



CASSIN'S SNOW GOOSE. Anser albatus, Cassin *. 



Hab. North America. 



Two out of a flock, Wexford Harbour, Nov. 1871 : Howard 

 Saunders, Proc. Zool. Soc. March 1872. 



Obs. As to the propriety of separating this species 

 from Anser ccerulescens, Linn. {A. hyperboreus. Pall.), 

 see Baird, Birds N. America, p. 760. 



* Anser ccerulescens, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. i. p. 198 (1766). A. 

 hyperhoreus, PaUas, Spio. Zool. vi. p. 80(1767). A. albatits, Cassin, 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 1856, p. 41. 



