From River Plate, S. America.
Presented (in the skin) by C. J. MUSSON, Esq., 1876.
No. — BLACK SWAN.
Cygnus atratus (Lath.) (Immature) RANGE — Australia
From Sydney, New South Wales.
Presented by W. M. SQUIRES, Esq., 1875.
No — SHELDRAKE. Tadorna cornuta (Gm.). RANGE — N. Africa, Asia, as far east as Japan, Europe including Britain, and has occurred as a rare straggler in Leicestershire.
From Scotland, by purchase, 1881.
No. — WILD DUCK OR MALLARD.
Anas boscas (L.). Range — North Africa, Asia from the far North to China and Japan, N. America to Mexico, Europe generally, including Britain, and commonly occurring in Leicestershire.