NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS. 5 



§ 7. One. — Kef Laks, Eastern Atlas, 15 April, 1857. From 

 Mr. 0. Salvin's Collection. 



The spot just mentioned is a sort of plateau, with rocks falling away 

 all around : the cliff whence this egg was obtained faced the east. It 

 was taken by an Arab near the camp. The nest contained one egg, 

 which was very fresh. 



§ 8. Two. — "Pyrenees." From M. Parzudaki's Collection, 



1858. 



About the 25th February, 1858, I selected these two eggs, as ex- 

 tremes in point of size, from a number brought by M. Parzudaki to 

 London, — one being a very large and one a very smaU one, and 

 yet, he says, undoubtedly of the same species. If 1 understood him 

 rightly, they are from the Pyrenees, and not Algeria, and from the 

 same tract as the Lammergeyer's I got at the same time. 



^ 9. One. — Khifan M'sroutun, Eastern Atlas, 24 April, 

 1857. "W. H. S." From Mr. W. H. Simpson's 

 Collection. 



There were three eggs in this nest. "Wherever the initials of my 

 friend Mr. Simpson appear, they imply that the egg was taken by his 

 own hand, or actually as he was looking on and identified the species. 

 Hence this is a very interesting specimen, besides its being rather a 

 variety. One day, while he was away from the tents, all his eggs 

 got wetted; and most of the Vultures' were seriously injured, as they 

 remained uulooked to for several days. 



§ 10. One. — Gala el Hamara, Eastern Atlas, 25 April, 1857. 

 From Mr. Tristram's Collection. 



O. W. tab. 1. fig. 6. 



From a nest of two fresh eggs. It formed Lot 11, at Mr. Stevens's 

 rooms, 9th February, 1858. 



^1. Two.—Kd M'slouta, Eastern Atlas, 2 May, 1857. From 

 Mr. Tristram's Collection. 



These two specimens were from the same nest ; one is small and 

 very curiously coloured. 



