Mr.Wilson, in his Meghaduta, has given me a precedent for the change of geese into swans; see p.

27, v.

71, with the note.

And Mr.Ellis, Asiatic Researches, vol.xiv.p.

29, has the following note on the subject: "There are three distinctions of Hamsa; the Raja-hamsa, with a milk-white body and deep red beak and legs, this is the Phenicopteros, or flamingo; the Mallicacsha-hamsa, with brownish beak and legs; and the Dhartarashtra-hamsa, with black beak and legs: the latter is the European swan, the former a variety.