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fous, crofTed with numerous dufky lines : on the breaft a large 

 fpot of a deep chefnut-colour : the belly is white i the under 

 tail coverts yellowifb : the wing coverts are white ; the greater 

 ones neareft the body croffed at the ends with black j and thofe 

 farther! from it black : the greater quills are black, and, except 

 the five firft, edged with green gold : the fecondaries margined 

 with chefnut : on the bend of the wing a blunt fpur half an inch 

 in length : the tail as the firft quills : the legs red : claws dufky. 



Female* The female differs: the chefnut patch round the eye is fmaller: 



the chin white : the chefnut patch on the breaft fmaller, if not 

 wholly wanting : the leller wing coverts white ; the others pale 

 afh-colour, with darker margins ; the lower order fringed with 

 white, forming a bar on the wing : fcapulars and fecond quills 

 much inclined to chefnut : in other things refembles the male. 



Kace. This fpecies inhabits Egypt, and other parts of Africa ; and is 



fufficiently common at the Cape of Good Hope, from whence 

 numbers have been brought into England; and are now not un- 

 common in gentlemen's ponds in many parts of this kingdom^ 

 being an admired and beautiful fpecies* 



16. L'Oie fauvage dii Cap de Bon Efperance, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. p. 226. 



Var. A. 



Description. HTHIS is the fize of the Egyptian Goofe, of which it appears to 



be a variety. The bill is greyifh, tinged with black at the 



point : irides yellow : the head, neck, belly, and vent, grey : the 



eye furrounded with a naked fkin of a chefnut-colour : on the 



breaft is a large black fpot : the back, wings, and rump, are 



chefnut : on the edge of the wing are fome white feathers : the 



tail is black : legs red. 



8 Anfer 



