APPENDIX. 345 



Alopochen aegyptiacus. Egyptian Goose. 



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

 p. 197 : Egypt. 



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

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

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



Examples o£ 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. Bimaculated Duck. 



Anas bimaculata Keyserling Sj- Blasins, Wirbelth. Bur. 

 1840, p. Ixxxv : England. 



Querquedula bimaculata {K. Sf 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 afiinis. Lesser Scaup. 



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

 N. America. 



Tuligula affinis Eyton; B. O. 11. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 130; 

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

 Manwal, 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 Piinama and the Lesser Antilles. 



