CYGNUS BEWICKII. 



a part of the sternum. In its habits and manners it resembles the com- 

 mon species, but, as might be expected from the form of the inferior la- 

 rynx, and that part of the trachea adjoining it, its voice is much weaker. 

 In most specimens, the cheeks and forehead are speckled with reddish- 

 brown ; the base of the bill is orange, 1 ] the knob or tubercle tinged with 

 brown, the rest of the plumage is white ; the legs are black, and the la- 

 teral membrane of the exterior toe broader than that of the Hooper. 

 It is presumed to be, like its congener, a native of the Arctic Regions, 

 and is probably the lesser Swan mentioned by Hearne as visiting Hud- 

 son's Bay. 



