216 DUCK. 



Der Sing Schwan, Bechst. Deuts. ii. 581. Id. Ed. 2d. iv. 330. Naturf. xii. 13K 



Cisne, Gabin. de Madrid, ii. p. 65. lam. G6. 



Cygne sauvage, Buf. ix. p. 3. Hist. Prov. i. 340. 



Wild, or Whistling Swan, Gen. Syn. vi. 433. Id. Sup. 272. Id. Sup. ii. 341. Br, 



Zool. ii. No. 264. Id.fol. 149. pi. Add. Id. Ed. 1812. ii. 218. Arct. Zool. ii. 



No. 469. Id. Sup. p. 75. Fl. Scot. i. No. 204, Will. Engl. 356. pi. 69.— head. 



Edw. pi. 150. Phil. Trans, lvi. t. x. 215. f. 1, 2. Lin. Trans, iv. 105. pi. xii. 



f. 1. 2. Bewick, ii. p. 272- Lewin, vii. pi. 236. Id. xlviii. — the egg. Parry's 



2d Voy. p. 240. pi. of the nest. Walcot, i. pi. 55. Pult. Dors. p. 19. Or?'.. Diet. 



Sf Supp. Wood's Zoogr. i. p. 530. Cooke's Whistling Swan, Monogr. two plates. 



THE Whistling or Wild Swan, formerly called Elk or Hooper, 

 is less than the Tame or Mute Species, and about five feet in length ; 

 breadth seven ; and weighs from fifteen to twenty pounds. The bill 

 between four and five inches long; from the base to the middle 

 yellowish white, and from thence to the end black ; irides pale 

 yellow, in some dusky ; round the eyes a small, bare space; eyelids 

 yellowish ; plumage wholly white ;* at the end of the bastard wing 

 a horny spur, about half an inch long, somewhat curved, scarcely 

 discernible, till the feathers are removed ; legs black. The female 

 does not externally differ. 



The Wild Swan inhabits the northern regions, rarely appearing 

 in England, except in severe winters, when flocks of five or six are 

 now and then seen : said, however, to come into Lingey, one of the 

 Western Isles, in October, departing in March ; and that a few 

 continue in Mainland, one of the Orknies, and breed there. This 

 species has also been seen on the eastern side of the Chesil Bank, 

 I believe in August ;f but the greater part retire northward as the 

 spring advances, and are found in summer in Iceland, J Lapland, 

 the Deserts of Tartary and Siberia, as far as Kamtschatka, as well as 



* In some birds the head has a yellowish tinge. 



f Dr. Maton. See Western Tour, i. p. 68. 



J The people of Iceland find, that the number increases towards winter, hence suppose 

 them to come from parts still farther north ; and in spring more than 100 are often seen in 

 a flock, which are thought to have come from the south. This is said of migrators, for the 

 greater part of the young brood stay the whole year, frequenting the lakes in summer, and 

 in the winter remove to the sea shore. — Van. Trail. Icel. 143. 



