464 NORTHERN ZOOLOGY. 









Dimensions 

















Of the male. 













Inch. 



Lin. 





Inch. 



Lin. 





Inch. Lin. 



Length, total . 



. 20 







Length of bill above 



. 1 



8 



Length of middle toe 



2 



„ of tail 



4 







,, of bill to rictus . 



2 







„ of its nail 



. 4 



„ of wing 



• 7 



6 



„ of tarsus 



. 1 



3 





— R. 



[223.] 1. Cygnus buccinator. (Richardson.) Trumpeter* Swan. 



Sub-family, Anserinse, Swains. Genus, Cygnus, Auct. 

 Keetchee wapeeshew, Cree Indians. 



Ch. Sp. Cygnus buccinator, albus ; rostro toto nigro etuberculalo, rectricibus 24, pedibus nigris. 

 Sp. Ch. Trumpeter Swan, white; head glossed above with chestnut ; bill entirely black, without a tubercle ; tail 

 feathers 24 ; feet black. 



This is the most common Swan in the interior of the fur-countries. It breeds 

 as far south as lat. 61°, but principally within the Arctic circle, and in its migra- 

 tions generally precedes the Geese a few days. A fold of its windpipe enters 

 a protuberance on the dorsal or interior aspect of the sternum at its upper 

 part, which is wanting both in the Cygnus ferus and Bewickii ; in other respects, 

 the windpipe is distributed through the sternum nearly as in the latter of these 

 species f . It is to the Trumpeter that the bulk of the Swan-skins imported by 

 the Hudson's Bay Company belong. 



DESCRIPTION 

 Of a specimen, killed at Hudson's Bay, and now in the H. B. Museum. 



Colour white, the forehead alone tinged with reddish-orange. Bill, cere, and legs en- 

 tirely black. 



Form. — Bill nearly resembling that of C. ferus in form, though longer and rather more 

 depressed. Wings : third quill the longest. Tail consisting of twenty-four feathers. — 

 A specimen, in the Zoological Museum, has the crown and cheeks bright chestnut. 



Dimensions. 



Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. 



Length, total . . . 70 Length from nostrils to tip 2 7 Length of tarsus . .46 



,, of tail ..96 „ of bill to rictus .49 „ of middle toe . 5 9 



„ of wing . . 26 „ of bill to eye .60 „ of middle nail . 1 0} 



„ of bill above . 4 11 — R. 



* Lawson observes that there are two sorts of Swan in Carolina, the larger of which is called, from its note, the 

 Trumpeter ; and Hearne adds, " I have heard them, in serene evenings after sunset, make a noise not very unlike 

 that of a French -horn, but entirely divested of every note that constituted melody, and have often been sorry that it 

 did not forebode their death." 



| Mr. Yarrell, whom I have consulted with respect to this species, intends to publish a more detailed description of 

 the course of its windpipe through the sternum. — R. 



\ Dimensions of Cygnus ferus, from Mr. Yarrell. 

 Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. Inch. Lin. 



Length, total . . . 60 Length of bill above . 4 4| Length of tarsus . .40 



„ of wing . 25 6 „ of bill to eye .53 „ of midd. toe and nail 6 6 



