WILD FOWL. 
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WILD FOWL. 
WILD SWANS. 
THE AMERICAN WILD SWAN. 
Cygnus Americanus — Sharpless.—American Journal of Sciences 
and Arts. 
“ Male, 53.84. 
“ Common during winter, in the middle Atlantic districts 
especially on Chesapeake Bay. Not seen south of Carolina. 
Columbia river; breeds in the Fur Countries. 
“ Adult male: 
“ Bill rather longer than the head, large, higher than broad at 
the base, gradually becoming more depressed. Upper mandi¬ 
ble with the dorsal line concave at the commencement, then 
descending and very slightly convex to beyond the nostrils, at 
the end decurved; the ridge broad and flat at the base, gradu¬ 
ally narrowed, convex toward the end, the sides nearly 
erect, and somewhat concave at the base, gradually sloping, 
and toward the end convex, the margins nearly parallel until 
toward the end, when they widen a little .; the tip rather ab¬ 
ruptly rounded, unguis truncate, obovate. Nostril medial, 
elliptical, direct, near the ridge ; nasal groove elliptical. Lower 
mandible flattened, slightly recurved ; the angle long and rather 
narrow, the edges parallel, the tip truncate, the unguis some¬ 
what triangular. 
“Head of moderate size, oblong, compressed. Neck very 
long and slender. Body very large. Feet short, stout, placed 
