114 anatidjE. 



Order ANSERES. 



Family ANATID^E. 



Genus PLECTROPTERUS, Stephens, Shaw's Gen. Zool. 

 xii. pt. 2, p. 6 (1824). 



Plectropterus = spur-winged, from irXfJKTpov + Trrepov. 



Plectropterus gambensis. Spub-winqbb Goose. 



Anas gambensis, LinnoBus, S. N. i. p. 195 (1766). 



Plectropterus gambensis, Macg. iv. p. 644; Gray, p. 183; 



Harting, p. 157. 

 Anser gambensis, Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 177 ; id. ed. 3, iii. p. 181. 

 The Spur-winged Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 87. 



Gambensis = of Senegambia, in W. Africa. 



Four specimens have been recorded, one in Scotland and 

 three in England; all were probably escaped birds. It in- 

 habits Western and Southern Africa.] 



[Genus CHENALOPEX, Stephens in ShaVs Gen. Zool. 

 xii. pt. 2, p. 41 (1824). 



Chi'nalvpi.r = j^i;i/aXw;r))|, vulp-anser (Gaza), Fox Q-oose, in classical Greek ; 

 from X'JJ' + aXwTri)?, from its liTing in holes. 



Chenalo})ex cegyptiacus. EarpTiAN Goosn. 

 Anas ajgyptiaca, Linncmis, S. N. i. p. 197 (1766). 

 Chenalopex regyptiacus, Macg. iv. p. 369. 

 Anscr cgyptiacus, Hewitson, p. 390; Yarr. ed. 2, iii. p. 173; 



id. ed. 3, iii. p. 177 ; Gould, Introd. p. cxxi. 

 Chenalopex asgyptiaca. Gray, p. 183. 

 Anser segyptiacus, Harting, p. 61. 

 The Egyptian Goose, Yarr. ed. 1, iii. p. 177. 



/Eijijpilacus = Ai'yi/TrriaKos, Egyptian. 



Various sjjcoimens have been obtained; but all, it is sup- 

 posed, must have escaped from confinement. It is a native 

 of Africa.] 



