CYGNUS. CAIRINA. 131 



\Cygnus buccinator. Thumfhtjss Swan. 



Cygnus buccinator, Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Am. ii. 



p. 464 (1831). 

 Cygnus buccinator, Harting, p. 155. 



Buccinator = a trumpeter, one who blew the biicclna or crooked horn. 



Out of five seen at Aldeburgh, Suffolk, in October 1866, 

 four were shot ; but they were possibly wrongly identified. 

 It inhabits Western North America.] 



Cygnus bewicki. Bewick's Swan. 



Cygnus bewicki i, Yarrell, Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 445 



(1833). 



Cygnus bewicki, Dresser, vi. p. 441. 



Cygnus melanorhinus, Naum. xi. p. 497. 



Cygnus bewickii, Macg. iv. p. 669; Hewitson, p. 396; Yarr. 



ed. 2, iii. p. 194; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 198. 

 Cygnus minor, Ch-ay, p. 190; Gould, v. pi. 10; Harting, 



p. 59. 

 Bewick's Swan, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 104. 



Bewicki, named after Thomas Bewick (born 1753, died 1828), author of the 

 ' History of British Birds.' 



Of frequent occurrence in severe winters throughout the 

 United Kingdom. It is found all over the Palsearctic Region, 

 except in Iceland, and breeds on the Petchora (Seebohm) . 



[Genus CAIRINA, Fleming, Phil, of Zool. ii. p. 260 



(1822). 



Cairina,, the name in Aldrovandus, "Anas Cairina," because the bird wag in 

 his time brought from Cairo. 



Cairina moschata. Mvscovy Dvox. 

 Anas moschata, lAnnaus, S. N. i. p. 199 (1766). 

 Cairina moschata. Gray, p. 198. * 



Moschata = from the Mosquito Coast, Central America. Any reference to 

 a " musky " odour seems impossible in fact. 



