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of that month * On the 19th of February in the same year, a fresh 
specimen of C. BewicJcii was kindly sent to me from Dublin by 
the Earl of Enniskillen. Two of these swans, as mentioned by 
Dr. Burkitt, of Waterford, in November 1841, are in his collec- 
tion — a young bird shot at Kilbarrey Bog, outside the liberties of 
Waterford, — and an old one from Clones, county of Monaghan : 
the years in which they were killed are not stated. On the 1st 
of Eebruary, 1844, a Cygnus Bewichii was obtained in Wexford 
Harbour ; three or four more accompanied it.f 
On the 5th Eebruary, 1845, two of these swans, which had 
been killed on the Shannon, were on sale in Dublin market. J 
Within the preceding few weeks, the C. Bewiclcii had been met 
with in the counties of Wexford and Roscommon. § On Eebruary 
the 17th, 1845, five wild swans — three old and two young (the 
latter, grey) — were seen, for about six hours, by H. Bell, wild- 
fowl shooter, on Ballymacarret Bank, Belfast Bay, within half a 
mile of the town. He passed in his boat, with a mounted swivel- 
gun, at less than a hundred yards* distance, without their regard- 
ing his proximity, or leaving off their feeding for a moment. He 
could easily have got a shot at them, but feared they might be 
tame swans. They were eventually frightened away by his firing 
at wigeon close by, when they rose to a great height in the air, 
to an elevation that he imagined would carry them over the range 
of mountains between this locality and Lough Neagh, in the 
direction of which they proceeded. This fowler, as well as others, 
some years ago saw a flock of about eighty wild swans in Belfast 
Bay, where they remained some days, and were fired at, but with- 
out effect. On the 19th Eebruary, 1845, the Marquis of Down- 
shire mentioned to me that four wild swans had, for the last three 
weeks, frequented one of the artificial lakes in Hillsborough Park, 
his seat in the county of Down. 
* December 1849. — This bird is still living here. It was placed on a pond with 
a pair of Polish swans (Cyg. immutabilis ) , a male black swan, and several kinds of 
geese, with all of which it seems to live quietly and contentedly, though not so fami- 
liar with visitors as the others. The black swan coupled with it on two successive 
seasons, but there was no produce. Its voice is a single, sweet, metallic note, re- 
peated at short intervals. || 
f Mr. Poole. X Mr. It. Ball. § Mr. R. Davis. 
|| Mr. R. Ball. 
