SIX MONTHS BIRD COLLECTING IN EGYPT. 221 



all ; at the same time I must say that the lake is large, and 

 we only explored a portion of it. 



^183. Lesser White-fronted Goose, 

 Anser erythropus (Linn.). 



I bought this small Goose of M. Eugene Filliponi at 

 Damietta, where it had been killed in January, 1875, only a 

 short time before our arrival. We neither of us knew what 

 it was, but he was satisfied it was not the White-fronted 

 Goose (A. albifrons), which is very common. The follow- 

 ing are the measurements : — 



For comparison, these are the measurements of a female 

 White-fronted Goose, shot at Islay in Scotland. 



Wing 17. inches 



Tarsus 2.7 „ 

 Culmen 2.1 „ 



And these of a female which I shot near Minieh in Egypt : 



Wing 15.8 inches. 



Tarsus 2.5 „ 



Culmen 1.9 „ 



The underparts in the Damietta example are brown with- 

 out any barring. It is evidently a young bird. This is the 

 first time that this species has been recognized in Africa. 



My bird has been examined by Mr. E. C. Taylor, and 

 Professor Newton, also by my father, who was the first to 

 make out what it really was. 



