564 T A M E S W A N. Class II, 



265. Tame Le Cygne. Belon av> 151. LeCygne. BriJ/bnav. VI.288. 



Swan. Gefner av. 371. Anas Cygnus manfuetus. Lin. 



Cygno, Ciiano. Aldr. av. fyji. 194. 



HI. 1. Swan. Faun. Suec. fp. 107. 



Wil. cm. 355. Schwan. Frifch, 11. 152. 



Raiijyn. a-v. 136. Dams Tarn Svane. Brunnich, 



Ednv. a<v. 150. 44. 



Plotfshijl. Staff. zzS. Br. Zool 149. add. plates. 



Descrip. rr^HIS is the largefl of the Britifh birds. It 

 A is diftinguifhed externally from the wild fwan ; 

 firft, by its fize, being much larger : fecondly, by 

 the bill, which in this is red, and the tip and fides 

 black, and the fkin between the eyes and bill is of 

 the fame color. Over the bafe of the upper man- 

 dible projects a black callous knob : the whole 

 plumage in old birds is white •, in young ones 

 afh colored till the fecond year : the legs dufky : 

 but Dr. Plott mentions a variety found on the Trent 

 near Rugely^ with red legs. The fwan lays fevca 

 or eight eggs, and is near two months in hatch- 

 ing ; it feeds on water plants, infects and fhells. 

 No bird perhaps makes fo inelegant a figure out 

 of the water, or has the command of fuch beautiful 

 attitudes in that element as the fwan : almoft every 

 poet has taken notice of it, but none with that 

 juftice of defer iption, and in fo pidurefque a 

 manner, as our Milton. 



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