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well as a large tubercle next to the forehead and lores, black ; 

 irides brown. 



Entire length 60 inches; culmen 3" 5; wing, carjjus to 

 tip, 25 ; tarsus 4'25. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 354. 



296. Cygnus Musicus, Linn. Hooper. 



A winter visitant, like the last. 



Entire plumage white ; beak and lores pale yellow, with 

 the tip and edges of the former black. 



Entire length 58 inches ; culmen 4'1 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 22; tarsus 4'25. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 355. 



297. Chenalopex ^gyptiacus (Linn.). Egyptian Goose. 



This species is very evenly distributed throughout Egypt 

 and Nubia. It is a very wary bird, and difficult to shoot ; 

 and will oftentimes avoid a boat by walking away from the 

 river, and taking up a position from whence it can see the 

 approach of danger. It breeds very early in the fields by 

 the river ; for in the beginning of May I shot some fair-sized 

 flappers, and while in pursuit of them the old birds tried 

 their best to draw me away by feigning to be wounded, but 

 still carefully kept out of shot. 



Centre of the head light brown ; upper part of the throat 

 and cheeks white, the whole shading into brown on the nape ; 

 forehead, region of the eye, some of the feathers on the 

 throat, and remainder of the neck bright ferruginous brown. 



