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beyond the Arctic circle. In Europe it abounds chiefly in 

 Sweden, Lapland, and Russia : in Asia it is found in Siberia 

 and Kamschatka, and in Hudson's Bay in America. 



On the approach of cold and inclement weather it migrates 

 southward, through Canada and the United States as far as 

 the Gulf of Mexico ; in Asia it descends as far as Japan, 

 China, Persia, Syria, and Egypt : at that time of the year 

 it is very numerous in the vicinity of the Caspian Sea and 

 the mouth of the Wolga ; also on the Black Sea, from 

 whence it wanders to Turkey, Greece, Hungary, and Italy. 

 The numbers that pass on the approach of winter through 

 the central parts of Russia and the Baltic, wander to the 

 southern parts of Sweden and Denmark, and from thence 

 visit our shores, as well as Prussia, Poland, and Holland in 

 moderate numbers, and pursuing the sea-coast make their 

 appearance occasionally on the coast of France. Some in- 

 stances are also on record of its appearance inland, namely 

 in divers parts of Germany, particularly Westphalia, the 

 Rhenish provinces, Saxony, Dessau, Worlitz, and others. 

 The greater numbers pass the winter on the sea, close in 

 shore, in bays and sheltered situations, and are seldom seen 

 inland, but when the weather becomes boisterous and stormy, 

 small parties are, however, met with on the swamps and 

 inundated lands that border large rivers, while the larger 

 flocks remain on the sea and coast in the same latitudes. 



The autumnal migration takes place in general in October, 

 and in April the spring migrations commence towards the 

 north and north-east. The migratory journeys of this species 

 are chiefly performed during the day, either in large flocks, 

 consisting of hundreds, in families or pairs. When united 

 in flocks the birds fly in a single line, which becomes of 

 very considerable length, where there are many together. 

 Although the Whistling Swan is met with in large numbers 



