﻿EGYPTIAN GOOSE. 47 



the upper part of the wing, including the wing coverts, white ; 

 the smaller coverts are crossed near the tip with black, forming 

 thereby a narrow black band ; the quill-feathers are black, 

 edged and tinged with green ; the secondaries reddish brown, 

 with the edges chestnut ; the lower part of the back, the 

 rump and tail dusky black ; the front of the neck, the breast 

 and forepart of the belly are buff-coloured with a patch 

 of chestnut on the breast ; the rest of the under parts are 

 pale wood brown ; the flanks are pencilled with undulating 

 transverse lines, but these are so very fine that they in many 

 instances remain unnoticed by the common beholder ; 

 the under tail-coverts are rust yellow. 



The plumage of the female differs in being less bright, 

 and the chestnut coloured patch round the eyes, the mark 

 on the breast, and the ring around the base of the neck 

 are smaller and not perfect ; the white on the wing is less 

 pure, and the feathers of the back, secondaries and tertials 

 are tinged with grey, the beak and legs are flesh-red, and the 

 eyes brownish. 



The egg figured 236 is that of the Egyptian Goose. 



