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EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 



PLATE CLXXXVI. FIG. I. 



Anser Egyjjtiacus, . . . Jenyns. 

 Anas Efjyptiaca, .... Bewick. 

 Chenalopex Egyptiaca, . . Gould. 



These birds are believed to pair for life, and are 

 much attached to each other. They make their nest, 

 it is said, of reeds, leaves, and the stems of water-plants, 

 and give it a lining of cotton and feathers. It is always 

 placed near the water, and has been known on its 

 surface, supported by the surrounding floating vegetation. 



The eggs are of a dull white colour, with a tinge 

 of buff, six or eight in number. 



The figure on the plate is from an q^^ laid in the 

 Gardens of the Zoological Society. 



