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AXATID.E. 
NAT A TORES. 
A NAT ID JR. 
BEWICK'S SWAN. 
Cygnus Bewickii. 
PLATE CXI. FIG. I. 
Every ornithologist must rejoice in the opportunity 
which the discovery of this fine species afforded of paying 
a tribute to one whose memory must be dear to each of 
them, but to those amongst whom the discovery originated, 
and by whom his inimitable works are not held in greater 
estimation than the recollection of his amiable disposition 
and kindly feelings, it must be peculiarly gratifying. 
Although to Mr. R. R. Wingate is due the credit of 
having first made known the C. Bewickii as a distinct 
species, I cannot omit to state that his attention was 
first directed to the subject by Mr. John Hancock. 
Little is known with regard to the nidification of this 
species, further than that it is said by M. Temminck to 
breed in Iceland. 
Captain Lyon describes its nest as built of moss-peat, 
nearly six feet long, four feet and three-quarters wide, 
and two feet high externally, the cavity one foot and 
a half in diameter. 
The time occupied by the Swan in sitting is six weeks, 
—nearly double that of the majority of birds; the young, 
too, are slow in arriving at their full growth, it being 
three months before they are fully fledged. 
