104 



Female: with the chesnut patches round the eyes and on the breast smaller. 



Anas JEgyptiaca Linn. Syst. 1 . 1 97. 



Gmel. Syst. 1 . 512. 

 Briss. Orn. 6. 284.pl 25 

 Lath. hid. Orn 2. 840 



t 'henalopex JEgyptiaca Steph. Sh. Zool. 12. 13. 



L' Oie d' JSgypte Buff. PI En. 379, 982, 983 



Egyptian Goose Lath. Syn. 6. 155. 



Inhabits most parts of Africa, especially Egypt and the Cape of Good Hope. We have figured 



the trachea and skeleton of this bird in illustration of the genus. 



CHENALOPEX C ANA. 



Che. — Mas. castaneus capite albo; occipite colloque canis. 

 Che. — Fern. Mari similis set! capite oinnino cano. 



GREY-HE ADED SPURWING. 



IN'. IN. 



Length 25 Tarsi 2], 



Bill If Middle toe 2[. 



Male: castaneous chenalopex, with the whole of the head excepting the crown white ; neck 

 and crown grey; wing coverts white; secondaries with the outer webs green; quills, tail, and vent 

 hoary brown, the latter with a black band ; bill and legs black; the bend of the wing armed with 

 a spur. 



Female : similar to the male, but with the whole of the bead hoary. 



Ana • I 'ana Gmel Syst. 1 . 51 0. 



Lath. I)i,l. Orn. 2. 840 



Bernicla < 'ana Steph. Sh. Zool. 1 2. 6 1 . 



Grey-headed Goose Lath. Syn. 6. 458. 



L' Oic sawoage a tete grise de Coromandel Sonn Voy. 2.220. 



The above descriptions were taken from two specimens brought borne b\ Dr. Smith, and 

 exhibited in the South African museum, having been obtained in the neighbourhood of the Cape. 

 It lias, however, been introduced alive into this country, and kept in confinement both by Lord 

 Derby at Knowsley and in the gardens of the Zoological Society. Specimens are in the museum 

 of that society. 



