...shorter than the head ; neck long and slender ; body full, slightly depressed ; feet short, stout, placed behind the centre of the body ; legs bare a little above the joint ; wings of moderate length, with an obtuse protuberance at the flexure ; plumage close, rather short,...

...upward, flattened, with the angle very long, narrow, and rather pointed ; the lamella about sixty. " Head of moderate size, oblong, compressed. Neck rather...above the joint. Tarsus short, a little compressed, anteriorly with small scutella, externally of which is a series continuous with those of the outer...

...the nostrils elliptical and situated near the ridge of the bill,, behind the centre of its length ; feet short, stout, placed a little behind the centre of the body ; hind toe Tory small, third toe longest, fourth a little shorter, but longer than the second ; tail...

...of moderate size, oblong, compressed ; neck extremely long and slender ; body very large, compact, depressed ; feet short, stout, placed a little behind the centre of the body ; tarsi short ; wings long, broad ; tail very short, graduated. THE WHITE SWAN. American Swan. Cygnus...

...head, deeper than broad at the base, depressed towards the end, the sides parallel, tfie tip rounded. H"ead of* moderate size, oblong, compressed. Neck rather long and slender. Body elongated, slightly depressed. Feet very short ; tibia bare for about a quarter of an inch ; tarsus...

...head of moderate size, oblong, compressed ; neck extremely long and slender; body very large, compact, depressed; feet short, stout, placed a little behind the centre of the body ; tarsi short ; wings long, broad ; tail very short, graduated. THE WHITE SWAN. American Swan. Oygnus...