128 ANSEEES ALOPOCHEN 



617. Alopochen segyptiacus. Berg Gans. 



Anas sgyptiaca, Linv., Syst. Nat. \Wi cd. i, p. 197 (1766) ; Biurhdl, 

 Travels, \, p. 283, ii, p. 346 (1822-24) ; Livingstone, Miss. Travels, p. 

 254 (1857) ; Grill, K., Vet. AJcad. Handl. ii, no. 10, p. 56 (1858). 

 Chenalopex segyptiacus. Kirl; Ibis, 1864, p. 336 ; Latjard, B. S. Afr. 

 p. 347 (1867) ; Gurney, Ibis, 1868, p. 49 [Natal] ; Layard, Ibis, 1869, 

 p. 377 ; Gttrney, in Andersson's B. Damaral. p. 335 (1872) ; BucTcley, 

 Ibis, 1874, p. 390 ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 367 [Mashoiialand] ; 

 Butley, Feilden and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 427 ; Holub §" Peheln, Orn. 

 Siid-Afr. p. 322, fig. of bird on nest (1882) ; Sharpe, ed. Layard's 

 B. S. Afr. p. 747 (1884) ; Nicolls and Eglinyton, Sportsm. 8. Afr. p. 

 122 (1892) ; Salvadori, Cat. B. M. xxvu, p. 167 (1895) ; Shelley, 

 B. Afr. i, p. 171 (1896) ; Woodward Bros., Natal B. p. 209 (1899) ; 

 Alexander, Ibis, 1900, p. 443 ; Beichenow, Vbg. Afr. i, p. 131 (1900) ; 

 Whitehead, Ibis, 1903, p. 237 ; Shortridge, lUs, 1904, p. 207. 

 "Egyptian or Nile Goose" of some authors; " Esikwi " of Kaffirs 



(Lawrence) a name also applied to the Spur- winged Goose; " Lefalva " of 



Basutos (Murray). 



'Fig. ZS.—ljeitiooi ot Alopochen cegyytiacus. x | 



Description. Adult female. — Crown, lower cheeks and throat 

 dirty white, becoming darker and browner on the nape ; edging 

 round the base of the bill, a patch round the eye, an irregular ring 

 round the middle of the neck and patch in the middle of the breast 

 chestnut ; lower neck all round, sides of the body, flanks and 

 thighs, grey, finely mottled with narrow transverse bands of black ; 

 centre of the abdomen white, becoming very pale chestnut on the 



