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 542
d tho seeds and roots of plants whichgrow on the margin of the water, and of themyriads of insects which skim over, or float onits surface ; also occasionally of the slimy in-habitants within its bosom. The female makes her nest of the witheredleaves and stalks of reeds and rushes, and layscommonly… … Wild Swan. {Anas Cygnus ferus,Linn.; Le Cygne Sauvage, Buff.)—Mea-sures five feet in length, and above seven inbreadth, and weighs from thirteen to sixteenpounds. The bill is three inches long, of ayellowish white from the case to the middle,and thence to the tip, black; the bare spacefrom the bill…
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