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be hopeless, and it will therefore be necessary to restrict ourselves to the more important and recent 

 literature. One may assume that the species is less common in the eastern, more arid and lowlying 

 East part of British East Africa, though specimens have been taken on the coast at Lamu 



Africa (G. A. Fischer, 1884; F. G. Jackson, 1899). It is more common in the central and 



western parts of the Colony, in Tana (G. A. Fischer, 1884), about Kilimandjaro (F. G. Jackson, 1899; 

 Sjostedt, 1910) and especially in the Massai country (Neumann, 1898; Schillings, 1905) and about 

 Lake Naivasha (G. A. Fischer, 1884; F. G. Jackson, 1899; Dearborn, 1909; Stone, 1906; van Someren, 

 1916). Other localities in British East Africa where specimens have been taken are Guaso Nyiro 

 (Lonnberg, 1912), Bussissi (Emin, 1891) and Rikwa Lake (Kothe, 1911). No doubt the birds are 

 abundant throughout Uganda, though there are, so far as I know, no records for the northern por- 

 tions. In the south it was seen about Lakes Albert Nyanza (Emin, 1891), Albert Edward (Johnston, 

 1902) and on the west coast of Victoria Nyanza, at Toro and Jinja (van Someren, 1916). Salvadori 

 (1914) gives other localities. 



Egyptian Geese are plentiful also in Tanganyika Province (German East Africa), having been met 

 with in the north on the Pangani, about Arusha, and at various other places near Kilimandjaro (G. A. 

 Fischer, 1884). In the western districts the species was found at Ugalla, on the shore of Lake Tan- 

 ganyika, at Luwule and Lufira (Bohm, 1882, 1885; Matschie, 1887). Weigall (Tristram, 1888) took 

 specimens at Newala. According to Grote (1912) the birds are not found in the southeastern part of 

 the Colony, yet Schuster (1913) had specimens from Rovuma River, and Fiilleborn {fide Reichenow, 

 1900) met with the species in the Langenburg district. 



Little is known as to the status of this species in the Congo Free State, but it is certainly abundant 

 along the eastern border, having been taken on the Congo side of Albert Edward (Lonnberg, 1917) 

 and at Mukimbungu (Lonnberg, 1907) as well as on the west shore of Tanganyika (Dubois, 1886a). 

 In the extreme southeast, Neave (1910) found it common in Katanga. The same author states that 

 the species is plentiful in northern Rhodesia, as it is also on the Upper Zambesi, where it breeds 

 (Livingstone, 1857; Bradshaw, fide Stark and Sclater, 1906). Shelley (1882) and Buckley (1874) 

 have recorded it from Mashonaland, while Kirk (1864) and B. Alexander (1900) met with the birds 

 on the middle or Lower Zambesi. Buckley (1847) has recorded it for Matabeleland. 



In Portuguese East Africa Egyptian Geese have been found at Lake Nyassa (Hartert, 1898) 

 and on the Shire River (Kirk, 1864). No doubt it inhabits the southern as well as the northern parts 

 of this Colony. At any rate it has been recorded from the Limpopo River (Buckley, 1874) and is every- 

 where common in the southern and western parts of the Transvaal (Holub and von Pelzeln, 1882). 

 The same is true of the Orange River Colony, where the species is everywhere abundant, and where 

 it breeds (Holub and von Pelzeln, 1882; C. H. T. Whitehead, 1903; Haagner and Ivy, 1908). Murray 

 (fide Stark and Sclater, 1906) met with it in Basutoland. In Natal, however, this species does not seem 

 to be common, either in the northern parts, where it was found near Newcastle (E. A. Butler, Feilden 

 and Reid, 1882) and near Maritzburg (Woodward, 1899), nor in the south, where it has been described 

 by various writers as rare though breeding in Pondoland (Shortridge, 1904; Horsbrugh, 1912). 



In Cape Colony these birds seem to be less common in the eastern than in the western parts. In 

 the east the species has been recorded from Port St. John (Shortridge, 1904), from Aliwal North (C. 

 H. T. Whitehead, 1903) and from King William's Town, where it is said to be rare (Trevelyan, fide 

 Stark and Sclater, 1906). As one goes west the species occurs more frequently. Layard (1875-84) 

 has recorded it from Knysna and from the Gouritz River, as well as from other coastal localities such 

 as Caledon, Pearl and Piquetberg. Sclater (Ibis, ser. 8, vol. 4, p. 86, 1904) found the birds not un- 

 common in Saldanha Bay. In the interior, specimens have been met with near Fraserburg (Burchell, 

 1822-24), and near Carnavon (Littledale, 1908), as well as on the Orange River at Upington (Brad- 

 shaw, fide Stark and Sclater, 1906) and on the Kuruman River in Bechuanaland (Burchell, 1822-24). 

 Howard (fide Stark and Sclater, 1906) has reported the species from the mouth of the Orange River. 

 The Egyptian Goose breeds throughout South Africa, as it does in almost every part of its range. 



