ELACK SWAN. 
wing, and escape unhurt. Several of these 
birds were afterwards killed ; and the flesh, 
tliough coarse, was found to be very pala- 
table. 
\\ These birds have been seen in great 
numbers, in the lagoons, or ponds, which 
lay between the two harbours abovemen- 
tioned ; where, among the thick sedges which 
skirt the borders of them, they deposit their 
eggs, and hatch their young. The feathers of 
these continue, for some time after they are 
produced, of a very light bjown. 
** Those who amused themselves with 
shooting these birds, found the parents an easy 
prey when at'tended by their young : for 
nothing could induce them to quit them, 
though £red at from every direction and 
themselves frequently wounded, while their 
offspring had life. The sanie affe^lion has 
been noticed between the male and female 
birds. 
** The natives of New South Wales name 
t his bird M^lgo." 
Latljam 
