222 RAMBLES OF A NATURALIST, 
184. WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE, Axzser albifrons, Gm.; 
“Wiz” (Hasselquist, No. 36). 
A good many were seen on the Damietta branch, particu- 
larly near Mansoura, where we fired at a large flock, which 
did not leave the neighbourhood, but returned again to the 
same sandbank. Between Cairo and Minieh we saw none, 
but on the 3rd of March we met with large flocks of 
Anatidw, and obtained two of these Geese. After that, the 
sandbanks were entirely deserted by Ducks: no one should 
come to Egypt for that sort of sport later than January. 
Most Egyptian specimens of the White-fronted Goose, in- 
stead of being barred are nearly white on the under-surface, 
which has generally been supposed to be the immature 
plumage ; albeit, I have known one in confinement live five 
years and not get these bars. 
185. EGYPTIAN GOOSE, Chenalopex egyptiacus (Linn.).* 
Not seen in the Delta, but very common south of Cairo; 
indeed we saw the first flock before we were clear of the 
town. On our return journey a portion of them had 
migrated, yet as late as the 2oth of May over 150 were 
seen upon one sandbank at Zouyeh; and from the quantity 
of feathers and numerous tracks, it was supposed they had 
been there a long time. A dropped egg was picked up 
there. They were however generally in pairs, and were 
easily obtained by sailing on them ina punt. Mr. Buxton 
killed four couples, of which the heaviest one weighed 6} 
lbs.; but a pair which he shot on the 19th of May only 
turned the scale at 9 Ibs., so that there seems to be a great 
* T have seen a Pink-footed Goose (marked Bean Goose) in Lord 
Londesburgh’s Egyptian collection at the Scarborough Museum, but 
whether really killed in that country I cannot say, 
