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Show 1835. 1837. »> 1838. 1841. 1842. 1843. 1844. >> 1846. April 15th. „ 10th. May 22nd. „ 5th. „ 12th. 4 th. „ 12th. April 9th. M a y 19th. „ 31st. 498 MR. P. L. SCLATER O N T H E [June 15, 1844, p. 7), but has not done so since 1860. Fresh introductions are much needed to keep this bird firmly established in Europe. Dates of Hatching of Cereopsis Geese. 184 7. May 15th. 1850. April 9th. May 3rd. 1851. April 24th. 1852. March 30th. 1853. May 9th. 1855. „ 5th. 1856. March 29th. 1857. April 29th. 1860. „ 21st. D. Subfam. III. ANSERINE. Genus PLECTROPTERUS. 1. PLECTROPTERUS GAMBENSIS (Linn.). Spur-winged Goose. Spur-winged Goose, Lath. Syn. iii. pt. 2, p. 452, t. 102 ; Bennett, Gard. & Men. Zool. Soc. ii. p. 207 (1835). Plectropterus gambensis, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 131, t. cliii. Hab. Western and Southern Africa. The Spur-winged Goose was one of the earliest inhabitants of the Society's Gardens, examples having been received in 1830. It has never actually hatched young ones in the Gardens, though eggs were laid in 1868 l; nor am I aware that it has bred on the continent. 2. PLECTROPTERUS RUEPPELLI, Scl. Riippell's Spur-winged Goose. Plectropterus rueppelli, Scl. P. Z. S. 1859, p. 131, t. cliii., 1860, p. 42, 1876, p. 696, 1877, p. 48. Hab. Abyssinia. This species was originally described from examples living in the Gardens. It has not bred with us. 3. PLECTROPTERUS NIGER, Scl. Black Spur-winged Goose. Plectropterus niger, Scl. P. Z. S. 1877, p. 47, t. vii., et 1879, p. 5. Hab. Zanzibar coast of Africa. Also originally described from examples in the Gardens. Genus CHENALOPEX. 4. CHENALOPEX .EGYPTIACA (Linn.). Egyptian Goose. Chenalopex cegyptiuca, Gould, B. Eur. v. t. 353. Hab. Africa. An old introduction to these Gardens, occurring in the earliest catalogues (Rep. of Council, 1831, p. 22), and a constant breeder. Also common in other Gardens, and apparently firmly established. 1 See P. Z. S. 1877, p. 48. |