40 ORNAMENTAL WATERFOWL. 
Trumpeter Swan. The hill was flesh coloured, blackish at the point, with 
a few black spots near the front, and lighter at the sides in front of the eyes. 
The legs were grey. By the following March the bill had become black, 
with a few flesh coloured spots. The parts of the beak which in the adults 
are yellow, were now well defined and nearly white zones. The legs and 
feet were blackish. The grey plumage was at that time much intermixed 
with white. When a year and a half old, the bird was lixe an adult, except 
that the neck had still some grey spots, as is the case with a young 
Trumpeter Swan of the same age.” 
In March, 1888, a specimen was shot in Lotting Fen, the 
leg being broken in the thigh, and consequently it was captured 
alive. The bird weighed 22 Ibs., and measured from extremity 
to tip of wing, 8 ft. 4 in. 
Male.— Pure white, very brilliant in hue ; bill deep yellow 
at base, not extending below the nostrils; remainder of bill 
black ; legs and feet black; eye dark chestnut. 
Female.—Similar, but smaller. 
Young in first plumage. Upper body dark grey, under 
parts whitish ; iris orange; bill paler in colour than adult. 
Egg.—‘‘ White ; smaller than those of Whooper; some- 
what less glossy” (Seebohm). April—June. Incubation, 
probably six weeks. 
AMERICAN WILD SWAN. 
(Cygnus columbianus. Cygnus ferus). 
This bird is entirely white, and breeds in the most 
northerly parts of America, being an occasional visitor to North 
Britain. 
Three of these Swans were obtained by the Zoological 
Society in the month of June, 1903. 
