70 EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 



EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 



PLATE CLXXXVI. FIGURE I. 



Anser Egyptiacus, JENYNS. 



Anas Egyptiaca, BEWICK. 



Chenalopex Egyptiaca, GOULD. 



rriHESE birds are believed to pair for life, and are 

 much attached to each other, as also to their 

 young. They make their nest, it is said, of reeds, 

 leaves, and the stems of water-plants, and give it a 

 lining of cotton and feathers. It is always placed near 

 the water, and has been known on its surface, sup- 

 ported by the surrounding floating vegetation. 



The eggs are of a dull white colour, with a tinge 

 of buff, six or eight in number. 



The figure on the plate is from one laid in the 

 Gardens of the Zoological Society. 



