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The Mute Swan.
Date Submitted: 01/06/2002 13:56:16
Category: / Science & Technology / Biology
Length: 6 pages (1616 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Biology
Length: 6 pages (1616 words)
Swans are the largest, and generally considered the most beautiful of the waterfowl. The Mute Swan, or scientifically called Cygnus olor, is one of seven species of swan worldwide. A male is known as a cob, a female is a pen, and the young are called cygnets. As the name may suggest, the Mute Swan is normally quiet. However, if you come too close to them or their territory, usually their nests, they may let …
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…York: Van Norstrand Reinhold Company, 1977). Pages 28-29.
(2)Ibid. Page 29.
(3)Bull, John. Birds of New York State. (New York: Doubleday/Natural History Press, 1974). Page 97.
(4)Birkhead, Mike and Christopher Perrins. The Mute Swan. (London: Croon Helm, 1986). Page 15.
(5)Ibid. Page 5.
(6)Ibid. Page 5.
(7)Arbib, Robert S., Olin Sewall Pettinghill, Jr., and Sally Hoyt Spofford. Enjoying Birds Around New York City. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1966). Page 12.
(8)Ibid. Page 12.
(9)Birkhead, Mike and Christopher Perrins. The Mute Swan. (London: Croon Helm, 1986). Page 148.
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