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EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 



Anser Egyptiacus, Jenyns. 



Anas Eqyptiaca, Bewick. 



Chenalopex Ec/ypt/aca, Gould. 



Anser — A Goose. Egyptiacus— Egyptian. 



This 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 'The Naturalist,' 

 volume iii, page 60. In Cornwall, one is mentioned in the 

 same magazine, volume ii, page 85, by John Gatcombe, Esq., 

 as having been shot in the neighbourhood of Launceston. 

 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 beginning of 1855. In Suffolk, a 

 fine specimen was shot at Butley, near Woodbridge, about 

 the 1st. of April, 1S52. In Kent, five were seen about 

 Komney Marsh for some few days in July, 1816. 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, 1817. 



In Berkshire, one at Thatcheni, in the month of January, 



