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1. WILD 
Swan. 
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~ WILD SWAN. Cuass Il, 
GENUS XXIV. DUCK. 
BILL strong, flat, or depressed, and commonly 
furnished at the end with a nail; the edges 
divided into sharp /amelle. 
NostRiLs small and oval. 
TonecuE broad, edges near the base fringed. 
Feet; middle toe the longest. 
Le Cygne sauvage. Brisson av. 
vi. 292. Tab. 28. Hist. Pois. 
ix. 3. Pl. Enl. 913. 
Labod. Scopoh, No. 66. 
Anas Cygnus. A. rostro semi- 
cylindrico atro, cera flava, 
corporealbo. Lath. Ind. orn. 
833. id. Syn. vi. 433. ad. 
Sup. i. 272. id. Sup. ii. 341. Schwane. Kram. 338. 
id. Lin. Tr. iv. 105. tab. Anas Cygnus ferus. Gm. Lin. 
12. 501. 
Gesner av. 373. 
Wild Swan, Elk, or Hooper. 
Wil. orn. 356. 
Raii Syn. av. 136. 
Swan. Faun. Suec. sp. 107. 
Danis Vild Svane. Cimbris 
Snabel-Svane. Brunnich, 94. 
Br. Zool. 149. add. plates. 
Edw. av. 150. Arct. Zool. ii. 262. 
THE wild swan frequents our coasts in hard 
winters in large flocks, but as far as we can in- 
form ourselves, does not breed in Great Britain. 
Martin* acquaints us, that swans come in Oc- 
tober, in great numbers to Lingey, one of the 
Western Isles, and continue there till March, 
when they retire more northward to breed. A 
* Descr. West. Isles, 71. 
