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Strange as this may appear, there are those who credit it: the author, however, does not scruple to hazard an opinion, that this over- stretched longevity originates only in traditionary tales, or in idle, unfounded hearsay stories; as no one has yet been able to say, with certainty, to what age they attain. The female makes her nest, concealed among the rough herbage, near the water's edge: she lays from six to eight large white eggs, and sits on them about . Six weeks (some say eight weeks) b...efore they are hatched. The young do not ac- quire their full plumage until the second year. It is found by experience that the Swan will not thrive if kept out of the water : confined in a court yard, he makes an awkward figure, and soon be- comes dirty, tawdry, dull, and spiritless. BRITISH BIRDS. 279 II IE RUDDY SHIE I. DRAKE. RUDDY (JOOSE, LATH. (Anas Riitila, Pallas. Canard kasarka y Temm. ) THE above figure of this rare bird was taken from a stuffed specimen once in the extensive museum of Wycliffe, whose benevolent owner, Marmaduke Tunstall, Esq.
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