ALOPOCHEN.
"Teeth" of bill weakly developed; nail broad, occupying end of bill; a spur on wing-angle.
Alopochen wgyptiaca (L.). EGYPTIAN GOOSE.
6 ? Above reddish brown, lower neck and upper back yellowish brown with fine darker wavy lines ; scapulars grey brown and chestnut ; primaries and primary coverts black ; secondaries, outer web bronze green, inner web brown ; upper wing coverts white, with a black subterminal band on the greater ; beneath white, foreneck grey brown, forebreast and flanks yellowish with fine brown vermiculations ; in centre of breast a chestnut spot ; axillaries white ; under wing coverts, inner white, outer black ; under tail coverts yellowish. Bill red with dark
brown edges. Legs and feet reddish flesh. Wing a 400_430, Tarsus 70 to 90 Bill (H.).
Resident in Nile Valley, Palestine (Dead Sea) and C. and S. Africa. Accidental in Europe and British Isles (? escaped birds).