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Identifier: monographonanati00ey (find matches)
Title: A monograph on the anatidae, or duck tribe
Year: 1838 (1830s)
Authors: Eyton, T. C. (Thomas Campbell), 1809-1880 Hullmandel, Charles Joseph, 1789-1850, printer of plates Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, ill Scharf, George, 1788-1860, ill
Subjects: Anatidae
Publisher: London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman ... and Eddowes, Shrewsbury
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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lack, the base orange to the nostrils. FT. IN. IN. Length - 3 101 ram 4^ Bill 3; Middle toe 5 White; with the bill black, the basal half yellow, the yellow marking truncated at the ex-tremity ; legs and toes black. Cygnus Bemickii, and trachea Yiarr. Linn. Trans, vol. 1. Eyton, Hist. R. Brit. Birds, p. 86. Discovered by Mr. Yarrell and Mr. R. Wingate to be an inhabitant of the British isles. The trachea of this species during youth penetrates the keel of the sternum in a similar mannerto that of C. ferns, but may always be distinguished by the greater length of the bronchia-. Athe bird approaches maturity the tube at the internal extremity of the portion penetrating thesternum takes a horizontal twist, increasing in size and the depth to which it penetrates with age. The tube of the trachea is acted upon by two pairs of muscles, the first pair sterno-tradical,the other having their attachment on the membrane stretched between the rami of the os fit real tunand the sternum. (Vide Jig.)
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,4% -.■- - g ^ S =3 99 CYGNUS AMERICANUS. Cyg.—Cygno Bewickii similis, seel majore. AMERICAN SWAN. Swan like Cygiius Bewickii, but larger. Length. . .Ext. Alee.Bill 47 1 0 4 Tarsi 4 Outer toe 5; Middle toe ... . 6 The only specimen of this bird we have seen was shewn to us by Mr. Audubon; it appearedto have the bill more expanded towards the tip than is the case in Cygnus Bewickii, and altogetherto be of larger size. The Prince of Musignano assures us that he is quite satisfied as to its distinct-ness from C. Bewickii. Cygnus Americanus Sharpless in Sillimans Journal. Trachea Ditto ditto. Cygnus Bewickii Faun. Bo. Am. 1. 465. Inhabits North America. The following is an extract from Dr. Sharplesss paper above quoted. We must not, how-ever, forget to mention that the tracheal anatomy of this species is so very similar to that ofC. Bewickii, that Dr. Sharpless has copied the illustrations of Mr. Yarreiis paper on that species,published in the Linntean Transactions, to illustrate his

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