B EW IC K S SWAN
Cygnus bewicki, Yarr.
BEWICK’S SWAN.
CYGNUS BEWICKI, Yarr.
Cygnus bewickii, Yarr. Trans. Linn. Soc. xvi. p. 453 (1833);
Macg. iy. p. 669; Hewitson, ii. p. 396.
Cygnus melanorhinus, Naum. xi. p. 497.
Cynns bewicki, Yarr. ed. 4, iy. p. 315 ; Dresser, yi. p. 441.
Cygne de Bewick, French ; Bewick’s Schwan, German.
I have no acquaintance with this species in a wild
state, but am of opinion that it is at least as common a
visitor to our shores in winter as the Whooper, not only
to those of Ireland, as stated by Sir R. Payne-Gallwey,
to whom I have referred in my note on the latter
bird, but also on the eastern coast and inland waters of
England. In support of this view, I may mention that,
in my experience, the Nene Valley, near Lilford, wras
visited in January 1879 by a flock of sixteen of the
present birds, of which four were shot by my late
neighbour, Mr. George E. Hunt, and that, in a flock of
more than twenty Swans of the three British species
that frequented the Nene between Thrapston and Peter*
borough from the latter end of January till late in
March 1893, at least twelve were clearly identified by