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Anhalt in 1770 (Reichenow, Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 47, p. 115, 1899). Others have been seen or 

 taken in Alsace (Schneider, Ornis, vol. 3, p. 546, 1887), near Gotha (Hertwig, Ornith. Monatsschr., 

 p. 167, 1888), near Offenbach on the Main (Preuschen, Ornis, vol. 7, p. 494, 1891), between Wesel 

 and Emmerich (Hartlaub, Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 35, p. 268, 1887), in Westphalia (Landois, Zool. Gart, 

 p. 251, 1871), near Breslau, Karlsruhe and Heidenheim (Altum, Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 25, p. 107, 1877) 

 and recently a flock appeared (October, 1910) in Silesia (Kollibay, Ornith. Monatsschr., p. 3, 1915). 

 There are also several records for Belgium, the species having been taken at Namur in 1835 and at 

 Liege in 1837 (Degland, 1849), near Arlon in 1846 (de la Fontaine, 1868) at Wyneghem in 1870 and 

 at Herinnes in 1906 (Dubois, 1912). Paris (1911) gives the departments of Saone-et-Loire, Eure-et- 

 Loire, Calvados and Allier as localities in which Egyptian Geese have been taken. To these might be 

 added the records for St. Omer, 1905 (van Kempen, Bull. Soc. Zool. de France, 1905, p. 150), Metz, 

 1833 (Degland, 1849), Lorraine, 1850 (d'Hamonville, 1895), Caen, 1862, and the Lower Seine, 1906 

 (Ternier and Masse, 1907). There seems to be only one record of its occurrence in Spain, on the Rio 

 Jarama, 1853 (Reyes y Prosper, 1886) and, so far as I know, the species has only been found once in 

 Portugal (Seabra, 1910). There are apparently no records of its occurrence in Italy, though it has been 

 found in Sicily (Malherbe, 1842-43), and recently in Malta (Despott, 1917). In Greece the species is 

 said to breed (vonder Miihle, 1844), but it is evidently not a common bird, occurring irregularly in pairs 

 in the spring (Lindermayer, 1860). I have been unable to find any specific records of the appearance 

 of these birds in Anatolia, though Naumann (1896-1905) says it has been found there, as well as at 

 the Danube Delta ( !) and in Syria. Recently two specimens were taken south of Urfa, in northern 

 Mesopotamia (Weigold, Journ. f. Ornith., vol. 61, p. 34, 1913). Quite inexplicable is the capture of one 

 of these birds near Peking, China (!) (David and Oustalet, 1877). 



To return to Asia Minor. We know now that this species is by no means rare in Cyprus, where it 

 has been repeatedly taken during the winter months (Bucknill, 1911). It is said by Naumann (1896- 

 Regular 1905) to have been taken in Syria, and has been recorded as frequently seen throughout 



Range : Asia the year about the Dead Sea (Tristram, 1884). Still, the birds seem to be rare in Lower 

 Minor Egypt (w. Raw, JJbis, ser. 11, vol. 3, p. 371, 1921), though Shelley (1872) states that 



they are found throughout Egypt and Nubia, where they breed. Adams (1864) met with them in the 

 vicinity of the Second Cataract, and I saw a few near Abou-Simbel in 1908, but probably it is not till 

 one reaches the Sudan that the species is found in abundance. It is said to be very common at Shendi 

 Egypt below Khartum (Rothschild and Wollaston, Ibis, ser. 8, vol. 2, p. 31, 1902), and in 



Sudan Kordofan (Strickland, 1850). Numerous travelers found it in great abundance, and 



discovered it breeding in the basin of the White Nile, which appears to be one of the headquarters of 

 these birds (Ogilvie-Grant, 1902; Witherby, 1901; Jaegerskibld, 1904; A. L. Butler, 1905, 1908). No 

 doubt the species inhabits the comparatively unknown region from Kordofan and Darfur west to 

 Lake Chad, at least during the rains. 



In Abyssinia the species is everywhere abundant, from the northwest (Zedlitz, 1910) and north- 

 east (Finsch, 1870; Blanford, 1870), through Shoa (Harris, 1844, etc.), to the southern parts (von 

 Northeast Erlanger, 1905). It breeds throughout this entire region and has been recorded for the 

 Africa following localities: Gasciani River (Antinori, 1864), Ciacia (Salvadori, 1888), Waliko 



and Maragaz (Jesse, 1869), Aschangi Lake and Ansebathal (Blanford, 1870), Senafe (Finsch, 1870; 

 Blanford, 1867), Sheik Huseim (Sharpe, 1895), and Dembea, Takaze and Anseba (von Heuglin, 1873; 

 Finsch, 1870). Whether or not the species is found in Eritrea I am unable to say definitely, though 

 there can be little doubt of its occurrence there. At any rate it has been found along the coasts of 

 French and British Somaliland (Speke, 1860; Blyth, Ibis, ser. 1, vol. 2, p. 248, 1860; von Heuglin, 

 1873; Salvadori, 1884), and is said to breed throughout that region (Peel, 1900). G. A. Fischer (1884) 

 has recorded it from Barawa, Italian Somaliland. 



In British, and in German East Africa (now Tanganyika Province) Egyptian Geese are no less 

 common than in Abyssinia. To attempt a catalogue of all the known records for this region would 



