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EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 
Anser Egyptiacus, JENYNS. 
Anas Eyyptiaca, BewIick. 
Chenulopex Egyptiaca, GouLD. 
Anser—A Goose. Egyptiacus— Egyptian. 
Tuts bird, as denoted by its name, is a native of Africa, 
and occurs throughout the northern mediety of that continent. 
In Europe it is found in Turkey and the adjoining countries 
—in Germany, one was shot near Liege, and another also on 
the Meuse; divers in other parts: likewise in Sicily, and the 
islands of the Grecian Archipelago. 
The shores of inland seas, rivers, and lakes, are the situations 
in which it is to be found. 
One of these Geese, as Mr. W. C. Newby has informed me, 
was shot near Stockton-on-Tees, in the county of Durham, on 
the 2nd. of November, 1852; it was one of four seen at the 
same time. The circumstance is recorded in “Che Naturalist,’ 
volume ii, page 60. In Cornwall, one is mentioned in_ the 
same magazine, volume u, page 85, by John Gatcombe, Esq., 
as having heat shot in the neighbourhood of Tae 
There was not the slightest indication in the look of. the 
bird to lead one to suppose that it had ever been kept in 
confinement. Another, of which Mr. William Fenwick has 
written me word, was killed near Stanhope, also in the 
county of Durham, in the begimning of 1855. In Suffolk, a 
fine specimen was shot at Butley, near Woodbridge, about 
the Ist. of April, 1852. In Kent, five were seen about 
Romney Marsh for some few days in July, 1846. In the 
county of Oxford, one, on a piece of water at Shelswell; 
and another at Blenheim, the seat of the Duke of Marlborough, 
in December, 1847. 
In Berkshire, one at Thatchem, in the month of January, 
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