ancient known paintings in the world, and was appa- 

 rently well known to the former dwellers in the valley 

 of the Nile, it is now said to be as rare in Egypt as in 

 England. 



Mr. H. Seebohm obtained an egg of this bird, taken 

 by some seamen, who shot the parent bird from the 

 nest in the delta of the Yenesay, and subsequently saw 

 several old Red-breasted Geese with their young broods 

 on the banks of that great river. 



I well remember the beauty and extreme tameness 

 of one of these Geese that lived for many years in the 

 Gardens of the Zoological Society; this bird was 

 supposed to have paired with a Brent Goose. I may 

 conclude by adding that it was a female, and the only 

 living individual of its species that I ever saw. 



