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latter ; the upper parts are dull brown ; the belly, 

 vent and upper tail-coverts are white ; the quills 

 and tail are black ; the legs are dingy blue. 



(DOMESTICATED.) 



6. ^EGYPTIACA. EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 



A. rostro subcylindrico corpore undulato, vertice albo, 

 speculo alari candido fascia nigra* Lath. 



The bill is red ; the tip black ; the irides are pale 

 yellow ; the eyelids red ; the throat and upper part 

 of the head white ; a rusty coloured spot surrounds 

 the eye ; the neck is pale reddish bay ; the breast 

 chesnut; the wing-coverts white; the greater ones 

 barred near their tips with black ; the back, rump 

 and tail are black ; a short blunt spur on the bend 

 of the wing. 



(DOMESTICATED.) 



6. RUFICOLLIS. RED-BREASTED GOOSE. 



A. supra nigra, collo rufo, corpore subtus macula 

 ante oculos strigaque longitudinali colli utrinque 

 albis. Lath. 



The bill is short, brown, with the nail black; 

 irides yellowish hazel ; cheeks and brow dusky; the 

 chin, throat, crown -of the head, and back of the 

 neck are black ; two stripes of white fall from be- 



