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vultures, small and large, and with the crows and pariah dogs when 

 feeding on dead camels and other animals." At Adis Abeba, Decem- 

 ber 26 to January 7, it was commonly seen, and along the Hawash 

 River, January 26 to February 13, many were noted. Other records 

 are Aletta, March 7-15, 10 seen ; Loco, March 13-15, 10 seen ; Gidabo 

 River, March 15-17, 10 birds ; Abaya Lakes, March 18-26, 26 noted ; 

 near Gardula, March 26-29, 2 seen; Bodessa and Sagon River, May 

 18 to June 3, 8 noted ; Tertale, June 7-12, 2 seen ; Turturo, June 15-17, 

 1 bird; Anole, June 17, 1; Wobok, June 18, 2; Karsa Barecha, June 

 21, 2 seen; Malata, June 22, 4 birds; Chaffa villages, June 23-25, 6 

 noted; Lake Rudolf and adjacent country to the southeast, July 

 5-12, 70; Indunumara Mountains, July 13-18, 39 birds; plains at 

 base and south of Endote Mountains, July 19-24, 22 seen; Er-re-re, 

 June 25, 30 birds; Le-se-dun, July 26, 30 seen; Malele and country 

 south for 45 miles, July 27-30, 44 birds noted ; Northern Guaso Nyiro 

 River, July 31 to August 3, 60 seen; Lekiundu River, August 4-8, 

 10 birds; west of Ithanga Hills, August 28, 1 seen. 



NECROSYRTES MONACHUS PILEATUS (Burchell) 



Vultur pileatus Buecheul, Travels, vol. 2, p. 195, 1824 : Country south of 

 Orange River, that is, Hopetown District of Cape Province. 



Specimens collected: 



Male, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 1, 1911. 

 Three unsexed, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 2, 1911. 

 Male adult. Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 8, 1911. 

 Female, Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 10, 1911. 

 One unsexed. Dire Daoua, Ethiopia, December 16, 1911. 

 Male (foot only), Malke, Ethiopia, March 3, 1912. 

 Male (foot only), Bodessa, Ethiopia, May 28, 1912. 



Swann ^* gives the wing measurements of adults of the two 

 races of this vulture as follows : vionachus, 467 millimeters ; pileatus, 

 480-510 millimeters. 



The present series of pileatus indicates much wider range of varia- 

 tion than these figures show. The following specimens have a wing 

 range (in full-grown birds) of from 458 to 530 millimeters. No 

 specimens of typical monachus have been available for comparison. 



*8 Synopsis of the Accipitres, ed. 2, 1922, pp. 11-12. 

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