...That is the origin of the proverb,—and it is a trueone,—‘Another’s wife is a white swan, and ours is bitterwormwood... 
Leo Tolstoy 「The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories」
...Their nesting habits and eggs arethe same as those of the Whistling Swan...
Chester A. Reed 「The Bird Book」
...The othersreturned no more; but whether they met theirdeath from duck and swan shooters in the marshes,or had followed the great river down to the sea,forgetting their home, was never known...
W. H. Hudson 「Birds and Man」
...I inquired what luck they were having and they complained that since the timber had been cut around Swan Pond there were no den trees for coon or possum and they were all gone...
Eldred Nathaniel Woodcock 「Fifty Years a Hunter and Trapper」
...Western Grebe; Swan Grebe (Æchmophorus occidentalis)...
Frank M. Chapman 「Color Key to North American Birds」
...The ChinaGoose is smaller than the gray, and one of the most beautifulof the family, possessing much of the gracefulness and generalappearance of the swan...
Richard L. Allen 「Domestic Animals」
...The Guinea or African goose is the largest of the species, andequals the size of the swan, often dressing over 25 lbs...
Richard L. Allen 「Domestic Animals」
...The swan, like the peacock, has been bred for ornament rather than foruse...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
...In that year a Dutch navigatorvisiting Australia found there a black swan...
John H. Robinson 「Our Domestic Birds」
...Asthe swan is a migratory bird, still sometimes seen in many parts of theEastern Hemisphere north of the equator, it is possible that swans wereknown in England long before the reign of this king...
John H. Robinson 「Our Domestic Birds」
...In England in old times the swan was used as food by the wealthy, butits use for this purpose ceased long ago...
John H. Robinson 「Our Domestic Birds」
...Bewick's Swan is distinguished from the Whooper, not only bythe characters given above, but by strongly marked anatomicalfeatures, which were first pointed out by Mr...
Rev. C. A. Johns 「British Birds in their Haunts」
...They say that river in Australiawhich the captain exploredwas named Swan river, and Australiatook one of us for itsarmorial symbol...
Various 「Birds Illustrated by Color Photography [February, 1898]」
...Trumpeter Swan...
Harrison B Tordoff 「Check-list of the Birds of Kansas」
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