GAMBIA PLECTROPTERUS. 



(Plectropterus Gambensis.) 



PL. corpore nigro, subtus albo, dorso purpurascente, rostro pcdi- 

 busque rubris. 



Plectropterus with the body black, beneath white, the back pur- 

 plish, the beak and legs red. 



Anas Gambensis. Linn. Syst.Xat. 1. 195. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 

 503. Raii, Syn. 138. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 839. 



L'Oie de Gambie. Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 530. 



Spur-winged Goose. Lath. Gen. Syn. 6. 452. pi. 102. 



SIZE of the Wild Goose : its beak is upwards of 

 two inches long, and red : the cheeks and chin are 

 white : the neck, sides of the breast, the back, rump, 

 and tail black, with a purple gloss on the back : the 

 outer wing-coverts, inner ridge and bend of the wing, 

 the middle of the breast, and all the under parts 

 white : the spurs of the wing horn-coloured ; the 

 rest of the wing purplish-black : the legs red. In- 

 habits Gambia and other parts of Africa. 



The specimen from whence the accompanying figure 

 was taken is apparently a young bird, as Cuvier says 

 that this species has two spurs on the bend of the 

 wing, and a large knob at the base of the beak. 



