Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture
Our Domestic Birds: Elementary Lessons in Aviculture
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The terms *' cock '* and ** hen " are sometimes applied to swans as they are to many other kinds of birds. The swan- herds in England call the male a cob and the female 2. pen. The young swan is called a cygnet, from the French word for *'swan." v > ■■■■ ^■^•^B 1 1 _1__L- > 1 — . .m-- — Fig. 176. Swan and nest Origin and history in domestication. Tradition says that the domestic swan was brought to England from France by Richard the Lion-hearted. As the swan is a migratory bird, still some- tim...es seen in many parts of the Eastern Hemisphere north of the equator, it is possible that swans were known in England long before the reign of this king. However that may be, it is certain that, from about the time of the Norman Conquest, the swan has occupied a peculiar position in England. It was regarded Digitized by Google SWANS 225 as a royal bird, and the privilege of owning swans was granted only to those in high station. At first the number of those who were permitted to own swans was very small, but it was afterward extended until, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, more than nine hundred different swanmarks were registered by the royal swan- herd, who had general oversight of all the swans in the kingdom.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The terms *' cock '* and ** hen " are sometimes applied to swans as they are to many other kinds of birds. The swan- herds in England call the male a cob and the female 2. pen. The young swan is called a cygnet, from the French word for *'swan." v > ■■■■ ^■^•^B 1 1 _1__L- > 1 — . .m-- — Fig. 176. Swan and nest Origin and history in domestication. Tradition says that the domestic swan was brought to England from France by Richard the Lion-hearted. As the swan is a migratory bird, still some- tim...es seen in many parts of the Eastern Hemisphere north of the equator, it is possible that swans were known in England long before the reign of this king. However that may be, it is certain that, from about the time of the Norman Conquest, the swan has occupied a peculiar position in England. It was regarded Digitized by Google SWANS 225 as a royal bird, and the privilege of owning swans was granted only to those in high station. At first the number of those who were permitted to own swans was very small, but it was afterward extended until, in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, more than nine hundred different swanmarks were registered by the royal swan- herd, who had general oversight of all the swans in the kingdom.
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