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Alopochen segyptiacus. EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 



Anas segyptiaca Linnmis, Syst. Nat. 12th ed. i. 1766, 

 p. 197 : Egypt. 



Chenalopex segyptiacus (Linn.) ; B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883 

 p. 114; Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, p. 167 ; 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 412. 



Examples of this species have been recorded from time 

 to time in the British Islands, but all, it may be pre- 

 sumed, have escaped from confinement or from ornamental 

 waters. 



The Egyptian Goose ranges all over Africa south of the 

 Sahara, extending to the north-east through Egypt to 

 Palestine. It is not known to occur in a wild state north 

 of the Mediterranean. 



Querquedula bimaculata. BJMACULATED DUCK. 



Anas bimaculata Keyserling fy Blasius, Wirbeltb. Eur. 

 1840, p. Ixxxv : England. 



Querquedula bimaculata (K. $ B.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, 



p. 127. 



A spurious species, said to be a cross between a Teal and 

 a Mallard. 



Nyroca affinis. LESSER SCAUP. 



Fuligula affinis Eyton, Monogr. Anat. 1838, p. 157 : 

 N. America. 



Fuligula affinis Eyton; B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 130; 

 Salvadori, Cat. Birds B. M. xxvii. 1895, p. 360 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 450. 



An example is said to have been obtained many years 

 ago in the London market, and others are recorded on even 

 less satisfactory evidence. 



The Lesser Scaup breeds in northern North America from 

 Alaska to Montana and Lake Erie, and in winter ranges 

 south to P.inama and the Lesser Antilles. 



