III.] 
BEWICK’S SWAN. 
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very generally on Novaya Zemlya, and especially in tbe Kara 
Sea, on whose coasts it is seen in summer collected in large 
flocks. Mindre saongsvanen, Bewick’s swan {Gygnus Bewickii, 
Yarn), is the most nobly formed and coloured bird of the 
Bewick’s swan. 
Swedish, Mindre Saongsvanen. (Cygnus Bewickii, Yarr.) 
BREASTBONE 
of Cygnns Bewickii, showing the peculiar position of the windpipe. After Yarreli. 
north. I have already described its nest, which is found in 
considerable numbers in Gooseland. The bird is blinding 
white, resembling the common swan, but somewhat smaller 
and with a considerable difference in the formation of the wind- 
