Order I. ACCIPITRES 



Fam. VULTURID^. 



GRIFFON VULTURE. Gyps fulvus (Gmelin). Length 

 40 in. ; bill, 3-75 in. ; wing, 30 in. ; tarsus, 4-5 in. 



Hah. Southern Europe, North Africa, Western Asia. 



One caught on the rocks near Cork Harbour, spring 1843 : 

 Thompson, " Nat. Hist. Irel. (Birds)," i. p. 84 ; Yarrell, 

 " Hist. Brit. Birds ; " Ussher, " Birds of Ireland," p. 119. 

 Preserved in the Museum, Trinity College, Dublin. 



EGYPTIAN VULTURE. Neophron percnopterus (Lm- 

 nseus). Length, 25 in. ; bill, 2*75 in. ; wing, 19-25 

 in. ; tarsus, 3*5 in. 



Hab. Southern Europe, Africa, Western Asia. 



Two seen, one shot, Kilve, Somersetshire, Oct. 1825 : 

 Yarrell, " Hist. Brit. Birds ; " seen in the possession of 

 Dr. Matthew, a son of the original owner. 



One, Peldon, Essex, Sept. 28, 1868 : Bree, ZooL, 1868, p. 

 1456; Christy, "Birds of Essex," p. 162. Figured by 

 Gould in his " Birds of Great Britain," 



Fam. FALCONIDiE. 



SPOTTED EAGLE. Aqwila nxvia (Gmelin). Length, 

 24-5 in.; bill, 1-75 in. ; wing, 197 in.; tarsus, 3*5 in. 



Hah. Central and Southern Europe, North Africa, 

 Syria, India. 



One, Horn Head, Donegal, 1831 : Thompson, " Nat. Hist. 

 Ireland (Birds)," vol. i. p. 14. 



