. A history of British birds . 304 ANSERES. ANATID^. -^#^■. Plectroptekus gambensis (Linnaeus*).THE SPUR-WINGED GOOSE, OR GAMBO GOOSE. Anser gambensis. Plectroptekus, StepJiensf.—Bill nearly as long as tlie head, sub-cylindric,obtuse, furnished with a fleshy tubercle at the base, the margins sub-basal. Wings rather long, armed with strong projecting spurs atthe bend. Tail rather short, rounded. Legs moderately long ; three anteriortoes rather long, united by a web ; hind toe free. This native of tropical Africa is known to have been keptin confinement for upwards
. A history of British birds . 304 ANSERES. ANATID^. -^#^■. Plectroptekus gambensis (Linnaeus*).THE SPUR-WINGED GOOSE, OR GAMBO GOOSE. Anser gambensis. Plectroptekus, StepJiensf.—Bill nearly as long as tlie head, sub-cylindric,obtuse, furnished with a fleshy tubercle at the base, the margins sub-basal. Wings rather long, armed with strong projecting spurs atthe bend. Tail rather short, rounded. Legs moderately long ; three anteriortoes rather long, united by a web ; hind toe free. This native of tropical Africa is known to have been keptin confinement for upwards of two centuries, and Willughby,who figures it in his Ornithology, published in 16/8, saysthat he took his description of this and the Canada Goosefrom examples among the Kings water-fowl in St. JamessPark. It has not been known to occur as a straggler in anyof the southern countries of Europe which are so much nearer * Anas gambensis, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 195 (1766).t Sbaws Gen. Zoology, xii. pt. i. p. fi (1824). SPUR-WINGED GOOSE. 305 to i
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