ancient known paintings in the world, and was apparently
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.
