WILD SWAN. 
For the spirited and beautiful figure of this 
bird, we are indebted to Edwards. It is the 
Anas-Cygnns Ferus, of Linns^us ; the Anas- 
•Cygniis, of Gmelin ; the Cygnus Ferns, or 
'Wild Swan, Elk, or Hooper, of Brisson, Ray, 
Willughby, Klein, Edwards, Aibin, and Pen- 
Tiant; the Cygne, of Bufron; and the Wbist- 
linp- Swan, of Latham. 
^' This bird," says Edwards, " is supposed 
-to be something less than the Tame Swan. 
-Some of it's measures by me taken are as fol- 
low: the bill, from it's point to the angles of 
the mouth, is four inches ; from bill-point to 
€ye, five inches ; the leg below knee, and the 
middle toe, arc of equal length, being each 
•four inches arid a half. The bill, for about 
-half it's length from the point, is black ; it's 
base is covered with a yellow skin, which 
reaches,' in angles on the sides of the head, 
quite to the eyes ; the eyes are also encom- 
passed with €ye-lids of a bare yellow skin; 
the bill is hooked at the end of the upper 
paandiblej 
