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face (extending well behind the eyes) is bright red ; legs 

 reddish. When Hying, the white pkimage displays a 

 sHght pinkish tinge, like that of a flamingo, but less 

 pronounced. Nests on trees. 



Geese 



Spur- winged Goose — Flcctropterus gamhcnsis. A huge species, 

 black and white, common and widely distributed. Fre- 

 quents marshy plains and foreshores, feeding by day, and 

 flighting to open waters at sundown to roost — as our 

 European geese do. 



Egyptian Goose — ChcnaJopcx ccgyptiams. Frequently met with 

 on the driest grass-prairies by day; also on Lake Elraen- 

 teita both by day and night. 



Pigmy Goose — Nettopus auritus. At Kisumu, on Victoria 

 Nyanza, frequenting the lily-lined shores. 



Ducks 



Knob-billed Duck — Sarcidiornis melanonota. A large species, 

 equal in bulk to many of the Geese, and sometimes called 

 the Black-backed Goose. Found on Naivasha, and the 

 commonest of all the ducks on Lake Baringo. 



White-faced Tree-Duck — Dcndrocycna viduata. This is one of 

 the group known as " Whistling Teal," some of which also 

 freqaent the coast. Two species, of which D. vidimta is 

 one, are found on Baringo, the other being probably the 



W^histling Duck — D. fulva. [Note, — This Duck is found 

 spread over four continents, to wit : both North and 

 South America, great part of Africa (including Mada- 

 gascar), and, in Asia, throughout India, Ceylon and 

 Burmab. 



Its congener last named, D. viduata, is also a New- 

 World species, inhabiting South America as well as Africa. 

 But both strictly avoid Europe.] 



Yellow-bill, or African Mallard — Anas undidata. Common in 

 East Africa and southwards to the Cape Colony. It fre- 

 quents lakes, such as Elmenteita, in big packs, and 

 "flights" regularly at dusk and dawn, often accompanied 

 by Pintail, Shoveler, etc. 



