SIX MONTHS’ BIRD COLLECTING IN EGYPT. 221 
all; at the same time I must say that the lake is large, and 
we only explored a portion of it. 
%183. LESSER WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, 
Anser erythropus (Linn.). 
I bought this small Goose of M. Eugene Filliponi at 
Damietta, where it had been killed in January, 1875, only a 
short time before our arrival. We neither of us knew what 
it was, but he was satisfied it was not the White-fronted 
Goose (A. albifrons), which is very common. The follow- 
ing are the measurements :— 
Wing 12.4. inches. 
Tarsus 22> 
Culmen 13); 
For comparison, these are the measurements of a female 
White-fronted Goose, shot at Islay in Scotland. 
Wing 17. inches 
Tarsus 7 a 
Culmen 2.1, 
And these of a female which I shot near Minieh in Egypt: 
Wing 15.8 inches. 
Tarsus BeBe i. 
Culmen lQ yy 
The underparts in the Damietta example are brown with- 
out any barring. It is evidently a young bird. This is the 
first time that this species has been recognized in Africa. 
My bird has been examined by Mr. E. C. Taylor, and 
Professor Newton, also by my father, who was the first to 
make out what it really was. 
