Identifier: birdsEuropeVGoul (find matches)
Title: The birds of Europe
Year: 1837 (1830s)
Authors: Gould, John, 1804-1881
Subjects: Pictorial works Birds
Publisher: London, Printed by R. and J.E. Taylor, pub. by the author
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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m e * * 22 ^I *3 (— ^^ L BEWICKS SWAN. Cygnus Bewickii, Yarr.Le Cygne de Bewick. This fine addition to the ornithology of Europe and Great Britain was made known at the commencementof the winter of 1829, although, as has since appeared, various specimens were before that time preserved indifferent collections ; but the characters, principally internal, by which this new species is distinguished fromthe Hooper had not been ascertained. In a paper by Mr. Yarrell, read at the Linnean Society, the specificpeculiarities belonging- to the bony structure of this Swan proved satisfactorily that it was distinct from theHooper, and the name of Cygnus Beivickii was proposed for it. The appearance of this species in England seems to depend on the degree of severity of the winter, and,comparatively, but few have been seen here since the season of 1829-30. It is probably an inhabitant ofthe northern portions of the continents of Europe, Asia, and America. Dr. Richardson in his Fauna Boreali-Ameri

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