EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 143 
black, upper tail coverts, also black; under tail coverts, 
yellowish rust-colour. The legs, which are rather long, and 
give a peculiar appearance to the bird, as a Goose, are, as 
the toes, of a pinkish colour. 
The female is like the male, but the colours less bright. 
Bill, pale yellowish red; iris, brown; the chesnut-coloured 
patch around the eye is smaller and not so perfect. The 
ring round the neck is not so distinct, and smaller in size; 
the mark on the breast is not so well defined or large as 
in the male; the feathers of the back are tinged with grey. 
The white on the wings is less pure; secondaries and 
tertiaries, tinged with grey. Legs and _ toes, pale yellowish 
red. 
