p. 116:

"Far down the creek, on one of the river-oaks which grow in its
bed, a swamp-pheasant utters its rapid coocoo-coo-coo-coo-
coo-cook."

1887. R. M. Praed, `Longleat of Kooralbyn,' c. xvi. p. 102:

"The gurgling note of the swamp-pheasant."

1890. C. Lumholtz, `Among Cannibals,' p. 94:

"The bird <i>Centropus</i>, which is common in all Queensland,
is found here in great numbers. Although it really is a
cuckoo, the colonists call it the `swamp-pheasant,' because it
has a tail like a pheasant. It is a very remarkable bird with
stiff feathers, and flies with difficulty on account of its
small wings. The swamp-pheasant has not the family weakness of
the cuckoo, for it does not lay its eggs in the nests of other
birds. It has a peculiar clucking voice which reminds one of
the sound produced when water is poured from a bottle."

<hw>Swamp-Sparrow</hw>, <i>n</i>. a nickname in New Zealand
for the <i>Fern-bird</i> (q.v.).

1888. W. L. Buller, `Birds of New Zealand,' vol. i. p. 60:

"These beds of rushes which form blind water-courses during the
winter season, are dry in summer and are then a favourite
resort for the Swamp-Sparrow as this bird is sometimes called."

Ibid. vol. ii. p. 255:

"The melancholy cry of the Fern-bird is so general and
persistent that its nick-name of Swamp Sparrow is not
undeserved."

<hw>Swan, Black</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian bird--<i>Cycnus
niger</i>, Juvenal; <i>Cygnus atratus</i>, Gould; <i>Chenopsis
atrata</i>, Wagl., sometimes miscalled <i>Chenopis</i>.

The river upon which Perth, Western Australia, is situated, is
called the Swan River, and the colony was long known as the
Swan River Settlement. It has expanded into Western Australia,
the emblem of which colony is still the <i>Black Swan</i>.
Since 1855 the <i>Black Swan</i> has been the device on the
postage stamps of Western Australia.

82 A.D. (circiter). `Juvenal, Sat.' vi. 164: "Rara avis
in terris nigroque simillima cycno."

1700 (circiter). J. Locke, in `Johnson's Dictionary' (9th
edition, 1805), s.v. Swan:

"The idea which an Englishman signifies by the name Swan,
is a white colour, long neck, black beak, black legs, and whole
feet, and all these of a certain size, with a power of swimming
in the water, and making a certain kind of noise."

1789. Governor Phillip, `Voyage,' p. 98:

"A black swan, which species, though proverbially rare in other
parts of the world, is here by no means uncomm