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ANAS OLOR. 
MUTE, OR TAME SWAN. 
Bill semi-cylindric, black; cere black; 
body white. 
Anas Olor, Gmelin. 
Le Cygne, Buffon 
Tame Swan, Pen. Bew. 
Mute Swan, Pen. Lath. 
In the preceding article we have given 
our reasons for considering the Tame, as 
a distinct species from the Wild Swan. In 
the bird we are now about to treat of, lit- 
tle more occurs in respect to the formation 
of the wind-pipe, or of the breast-bone, 
than is to be found in the same parts of the 
Common Goose. 
The Tame Swan is somewhat larger 
than the Wild species, and its weight pro- 
portionably more. 
The female is not so large as the male, 
