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Genus PLECTROPTERUS. 



771. Plectropterus gambensis (Linn.) . Spur-winged Goose. 

 Hab. West Africa. 



a. Purchased, June 25, 1857. 



l>. Presented by Mrs. Compton Robert, April 30, 1867. 



c. Presented by C. B. Mosse, Esq., Staff-Surgeon, May 6, 



1867. 



d. Presented by Capt. R. M. Spirling, R.K, April 9, 1868. 



From the Shire River, East Africa. See P. Z. S. 1868, 

 p. 261. 



e. Received in exchange, Aug. 13, 1868. 

 /. Purchased, Oct. 26, 1868. 



'g-i. Deposited, Aug. 24, 1871. 



772. Plectropterus rueppelli, Sclater. RiippelPs Spur-winged 

 Goose. 



Hab. Eastern Africa. 



a, b. Males. Purchased, June 18, 1858. Types of the species 

 as described, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 131. See also further 

 remarks, P. Z. S. 1860, p. 38. 



Genus CHENALOPEX. 



773. Chenalopex agyptiaca (Linn.). Egyptian Goose. 

 Hab. Africa. 



a. Deposited, Aug. 11, 1863. From South Africa. 



b. Presented by W, C. Hewitson, Esq., F.Z.S., August 15, 



1865. 

 c,. Male ; d. Female. Presented by Frederick Powell, Esq., 



May 15, 1867. 



e. Presented by J. M. de Freitas Brance, Esq., April 9, 1868. 

 /, g. Bred in the Gardens, May 24, 1868. 

 h.' Purchased, Oct. 26, 1868. 

 i-p. Bred in the Gardens, June 6, 1869. 

 q-cc. Bred in the Gardens, May 21, 1870. 

 y, z. Bred in the Gardens, May 3, 1871. 

 aa. Hatched in the Gardens, June 21, 1872. 

 bb. Male ; cc. Female. Presented by H. Welch Thornton, Esq., 



May 2, 1873. 



dd-ff. Bred in the Gardens, June 14, 1873. 

 (/g, lih. Deposited, March 23, 1874. 

 'ii-lclc. Bred in the Gardens, July 16, 1874. 



