THE WATER GAME BIRDS. 
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THE MUTE SWAN. 
Cygnus Olor. Native name: Penr, Punjab. 
Habitat .—A rare visitor to Peshawar, Hazara, Sind. 
Description .—Sexes alike; adult birds, pure white ; young birds, pale 
brown, changing to white at fifteen months. The adult male has a knob at the 
base of the upper mandible ; the female has a smaller one ; the young have 
none. Adult birds have the bill orange red, the knob, skin between eye and 
bill a patch on the nostril, the nail margins of both mandibles and base of lower 
one are black, irides brown, legs and feet black. Young birds have the bill 
fleshy grey or pale buff. 
Length 5 ft. Weight from 13 to 19 lbs. 
