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SPUR-WINGED GOOSE’ 
GAMBO GOOSE. 
Anser Gambensis, FLEMING. 
Anas Gambensis, BEWICK. 
Anser—A (Goose. Gambensis--From Gambia (?) 
Tuts is another African species. 
One of these birds was killed in Cornwall, near St. Germains, 
the 20th. of June, 1821. 
_ About the middle of February, 1855, another was shot 
near Banff, N.B.—an appropriate ‘Nota Bene’ of the occur- 
rence of the second English or European specimen of this 
rare bird—as recorded in “The Naturalist,’ for August, 1855, 
by Mr. Thomas Edward, of that place. 
The Spur-winged Goose has been kept in the garden of 
the Zoological Society. It appears to be of a morose and 
domineering disposition. The spur on the wing, whence the 
name of the bird, seems to be used as a weapon of attack. 
Tha one mentioned in the beginning of this article, was 
observed, when first seen, to associate with some Geese of 
the common kind at a farm. 
Male; bill, dull reddish orange yellow; iris, amber colour. 
Head on the crown, dull brown; neck on the back, also the 
same colour; on the sides of the upper part, white spotted 
with brown; on the lower, black. Chin and throat, white; 
breast on the sides, black; in front and all down, white; 
back, deep metallic brown, showing purple and copper-colour 
in different lights, beautifully burnished with dark «green. 
The wings are armed at the bend with a strong spur 
about five eighths of an inch in length. It is of a white 
colour, and turns upwards, and rather inwards. The whole 
