ORDER PALMIPEDES. CO.Ii 



ancient Egyptians on account of its attachment to 

 its young.* 



The Chenalopex jEgyptica, Steph. 

 Magellanic Goose. An. Magellanica, Enl. 1006. 



Head, and part of neck, ferrugineous-brown; beginning 

 of the back, breast, and all beneath, barred ferrugineous 

 and black ; rump and tail, dusk ; wing-coverts, and 

 bar on tail, white. Straits of Magellan. 



Antarctic Goose. An. Antarctica ; which is nearly 

 allied to the last. Mus. Carl. 37, and Voy. de la 

 Coquille, Zool. 50. 



Male, white ; female, black, with transverse white 

 lines. Terra del Fuego. 



Bustard Goose. An. Leucoptera, Brown. II. 40. 



Head, neck, and beneath the body, white; white bar 

 on the wing ; back, and wing-coverts, crossed with 

 dusky black lines. Falkland Islands. 



Red-breasted Goose. An. Rujicollis and Torquata, 

 Pall. Spic. vj. pi. 9, which it is said comes as far as 

 Germany. 



Head, and crown, and narrow stripe of back, black ; 

 forehead and cheeks, sprinkled with white ; white spot 

 between bill and eye ; neck, rufous, with black and 

 white band ; back and wings, black ; belly white. 

 Siberia. Found rarely in Britain. Mus. Brit. 



* M. GeofFroy St. Hilaire, in the Menagerie de Mus. Art. Oie d'Egypt. 



