The field book : or, Sports and pastimes of the United kingdom ; compiled from the best authorities, ancient and modern (1833)
Maxwell, W. H. (William Hamilton), 1792-1850 · London : E. Wilson · leaf 541
THE FIELD BOOK. 527 Swan, s. A large waterfowl. … Mute Swan. (Anas Cygnus Mansuetus,Linn. ; Le Cygne, Buff.)—The plumage ofthis species is of the same snowy whiteness asthat of the wild swan, and the bird is coverednext the body with the same kind of fine closedown ; but it greatly exceeds the wild swan insize, weighing about twenty-five pounds,…
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