Plate CCCCVI. Adult Male. Plate CCCLXXVI. Young after first
moult.
Tail-feathers twenty-four; bill and feet black; plumage pure white,
excepting the upper part of the head, which is often brownish-red.
Young after first moult with the bill flesh-coloured in the middle,
the feet dull yellowish-brown; upper part of head and cheeks bright
reddish-brown, each feather tipped with whitish; throat nearly white;
general colour of the other parts greyish-white, slightly tinged with
yellow.
_Adult_, 68; wing, 27. _Young_, 52-1/2, 91.
Breeds from North California northward. Fur Countries. Abundant during
winter on the Missouri, Mississippi, Ohio, and in Texas. Never seen
eastward of South Carolina.
Cygnus Buccinator, Richardson's Trumpeter Swan, F. Bor. Amer.
v. ii. p. 464.
Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus Buccinator, Nutt. Man. v. ii. p. 370.
Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus Buccinator, Aud. Orn. Biog. v. iv. p.
536; v. v. p. 114.