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ODONTOGLOSSJE. 



296. Flamingo. Phoenicopterus roseus (Pallas). 

 Phoenicopterus antiquorum. Shelley, p. 272. 



Abundant in suitable localities during the winter. The 

 lakes of Northern Egypt are usually swarming with flamingoes, 

 and there is no doubt that this species used to breed on Lakes 

 Manzala and Mareotis. It is not uncommon in the Wadi 

 Natrun and also visits the Faiyum, but is rarely, if ever, to be 

 seen on the Nile. 



Length 50 to 60 inches, but the size is variable. Sexes alike 

 in colour. Plumage rosy white, with scarlet wing coverts and 

 axillaries. Primaries black. Bill pink at the base, tip black. 

 Legs and feet pink. The young bird is white speckled with 

 black, and the bill and legs are black. 



ANSERES. 



297. White-fronted Goose. Anser albifrons Scopoli. 



Anser albifrons. Shelley, p. 280. 



Common in winter in suitable localities, and more abundant 

 than any other species of goose in Lower Egypt. 



Length about 27 inches. Face white in front ; upper 

 parts brown ; under parts brownish white broadly barred with 

 black ; bill orange, with a white nail at the tip ; legs and feet 

 yellow. Female smaller and less barred with black on the 

 belly. Young birds -are of an almost uniform brownish grey 

 and lack the white face. 



298. Lesser White-fronted Goose. Ayiser erythropus (Linnaeus). 



Not mentioned by Shelley. 



This goose was obtained in Egypt by Mr. J. H. Gurney, 

 who purchased an example killed at Damietta in January 1875. 

 Subsequently, on January 30, 1907, H.H. Prince Kama] el 

 Din Pasha presented a living adult example to the Giza 

 Zoological Gardens. This bird was captured at Mansuriya, in 

 the province of Giza. Von Heuglin states, "Orn. N. 0. Africas," 

 that this goose has been obtained in the Delta. 



Length about 22 inches. In coloration it resembles the 

 former species, except that the white patch on the face is larger 

 and extends to above the eye. 



