. The birds of South Africa. Birds. ANSERES ALOPOCHEN 129 uuder tail-coverts; centre of the back, upper tail-coverts, tail, primaries and outer secondaries black, the latter glossed with metallic green and purple, inner secondaries dark rufous ; whole of the wing-coverts white, the greater series with a narrow subterminal black band. Iris orange to crimson; bill light pink, darker or pinky-brown on the tip, margins and base ; legs pink. Length 28; wing 16; tail 5-25; tarsus 3-30; culmen 2-5; weight of a male 5|lbs., of a female 41bs. (Ayres). The sexes are alike, except that the female is slig
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. ANSERES ALOPOCHEN 129 uuder tail-coverts; centre of the back, upper tail-coverts, tail, primaries and outer secondaries black, the latter glossed with metallic green and purple, inner secondaries dark rufous ; whole of the wing-coverts white, the greater series with a narrow subterminal black band. Iris orange to crimson; bill light pink, darker or pinky-brown on the tip, margins and base ; legs pink. Length 28; wing 16; tail 5-25; tarsus 3-30; culmen 2-5; weight of a male 5|lbs., of a female 41bs. (Ayres). The sexes are alike, except that the female is slightly Fig. 39.—Head of Alopochen cegyptiacus. Distribution. — The Egyptian Goose or Berg Gans is found throughout Africa south of the Sahara, while to the north-east its range extends through Nubia and Egypt as far as Palestine. It does not occur in Madagascar. In England and on the Continent of Europe it has been met with from time to time, but this is probably due to escapes from captivity, in which state it is often kept. In South Africa this is by far the commonest of the larger Ducks, and is to be found throughout the whole country, both on the coasts, along the rivers, and on ponds and vleis. The following are recorded localities; Cape Colony—Verloren Vlei in Piquetberg, Vogel Vlei in Paarl, Bot Eiver mouth in Caledon, Gouritz Eiver in Mossel Bay and Keurboom Eiver in Knysna (Layard), King Williams Town, rare (Trevelyan), Port St. John's, July (Shortridge), Zak Eiver in Fraserburg, September, and near Kuruman (Burchell), Orange Eiver mouth (Howard), near Upington, breeding in October (Bradshaw), near AHwal North, February ("Whitehead); Natal—Newcastle, October (Butler), Ifafa and near Maritzburg, rare (Woodward) ; Basutoland (Murray); Transvaal— 9 VOL. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly re
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