Child’s Book
of
Water Birds.
[Illustration]
New York
Leavitt & Allen.
1855.
Child’s Book
of
Water Birds.
[Illustration]
New York
Leavitt & Allen.
1855.
[Illustration]
The Swan.
The Swan is a very beautiful bird. It is generally white, though a blackswan has been discovered in Australia. It is not very often seen in thiscountry. It was brought from Asia and Eastern Europe into England—fromwhence, most probably, a few specimens have been introduced into thiscountry. The Swan is very graceful in the water, but on land it is anawkward waddler.
[Illustration]
The Coot.
The Coot is generally found in large sheets of water, particularly ifshaded by trees. The nest is a mass of flags, reeds, and grass, usuallyat the water’s edge, but sometimes actually in the water. The Coot’seggs are generally seven in number. They are of a greenish-white,spotted.
[Illustration]
The Dabchick.
The Dabchick is a very timid bird, and when alarmed in                        
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