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tail white ; quills black ; wing-coverts grey, the larger ones 

 tipped with white ; under surface of the body and tail white 

 in winter, while in spring the breast becomes more or less 

 mottled and banded with deep chocolate-brown ; flanks 

 brown, with the feathers broadly edged with white ; legs 

 and beak orange ; irides brown. 



Entire length 28 inches; culmen 1"8; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 16 ; tarsus 14. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Gr. Br. part xix. 



299. Bernicla brenta, Pall. Brent Goose. 



Von Heuglin (Syst. Ueb. p. 06) states that this bird is 

 found in Lower Egypt in small flocks during the winter. 



Head, neck, front of the chest, and upper parts, including 

 the wings, black, with a patch of white on each side of the neck 

 and upper tail-coverts ; upper part of the back, scapulars, 

 and wing-coverts shaded with brown, with paler edges to the 

 feathers ; vent and under tail-coverts white ; remainder of the 

 underparts dusky ash-colour, each feather margined with 

 stone-grey ; beak and legs black ; irides dark brown. 



Entire length 24 inches; culmen 1'5 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 14 ; tarsus 2* 7. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Em-, pi. 352. 



300. Tadorna vulpanser, Fleming. Common Sheldrake. 



The present species appears to be rarer than the Ruddy 

 Sheldrake ; for it is not so often found in the market at 

 Alexandria. I have met with it on two occasions — once near 

 Sioot, and once in the Fayoom. 



