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about the Caspian and Euxine Seas; seen in Greece, and at times, 

 even as low as Egypt, but observed on this side of the Equator only 

 between the Tropic and Arctic Circles, to the last of which it 

 scarcely ever arrives. In the neighbourhood of Tzaritzin, and the 

 lower Wolga, a great number of Swans appear about the 20th of 

 February, particularly upon the Sarpa, and towards the lower 

 grounds of the Achtuba;* they are of two kinds, but that which 

 distinguishes itself by its very sharp scream, and has the lower part 

 of the bill yellow, is the most numerous; f among the Kalmucs, the 

 Lama Dardsha had for his title, Erdeni Lama Baatur Khan Taidshi, 

 signifying Noble Father of Souls, brave Prince of Swans. % 



Are well known in America, especially on the borders of the 

 upper lakes, as they breed in the lagoons, and marshy inlets, and 

 migrate to the southern provinces with their young, in incredible 

 numbers, about the beginning of October ;§ are not uncommon at 

 Hudson's Bay, and there called Wapa-seu. They come there, ac- 

 companied by the Geese, about the end of May, but not in great 

 numbers ; though sometimes as many as nine in a flock, yet the 

 lakes to the southward are said to abound with them ; are eaten by 

 the natives, and much esteemed. They lay four white eggs, and the 

 young are hatched in July ;|| have been seen also in King George's 

 Sound, % and from thence to Carolina,** and Louisiana, migrating 

 in the New, as on the Old Continent. The Indians wear the skins, 

 with the down attached, sewed together, by way of covering : the 

 larger feathers are made into diadems for their chiefs, and the smaller 

 are woven on threads, with which they cover garments, but worn 

 only by women of the highest rank. ft 



* Breeds in Prussia, about Pillau. — Naturf. xii. s. 131. 



•(• Meaning, no doubt, the Wild Swan. — Russia, Svo. 1783. iv. p. 283. 



X Russ. iv. 205. § General Davies. 



|| Mr. Hutchins. A nest was met with in Winter Island, built of peat moss, five feet 

 ten inches long, nearly five feet wide, and two feet deep ; the hole of entrance eighteen 

 inches. — Capt. Parry. H Cook's last Voij. i. 235. 



** Said to be of two sorts; the larger called the Trumpeter, the smaller the Hooper.— 

 Lawson, p. 146. Arct. Zool. ft Hist. Louis, ii. p. 113. 



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