120 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Distribution. — British Isles. — Possibly still resident, and rare 

 passage-migrant. Until recently summer-resident in several places 

 in Highlands, now possibly only nests in one locality, but Loch 

 Arkaig was deserted in 1911 and Loch an Eilein in 1903. In England 

 fairly regular passage-migrant (Sept. -Oct. and March-April), oc- 

 curring in most years on some part or other of coasts or on inland 

 waters ; migrants also recorded occasionally in Scotland (only once 

 0. Hebrides and very rarely Orkneys), Wales, and Ireland. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Europe from Lapland to Spain, Mediter- 

 ranean and Atlantic islands, south to Cape Verdes, north-west and 

 north-east Africa to south Arabia, north Asia south to India and 

 Ceylon, in ^^-inter in tropical Africa. Replaced by closely-allied 

 forms in North America, on the Papuan islands, and in Australia. 



GYPS FULVUS 



254. Gyps fulvus fulvus (Hablizl)— THE GRIFFON-VULTURE. 



VuLTUR FULVUS Hablizl, Xeue Xordische Beytraege, iv, p. 58 (1783 — 



Mts. of Gilan, X. Persia). 



Gyps fulvus (J. F. Gmelin), Yarrell, i, p. 1 ; Saunders, p. 311. 



Distribution. — Ireland. — One, a young bird caught alive near 

 Cork Harbour, spring, 1843. One seen near Southampton Water. 

 {lit supra.) 



Distribution. — Abroad. — South Europe, north to Pyrenees and 

 Transylvania and north Africa, extending far into the Sahara, and 

 perhaps right across the desert, east to west Asia. Replaced by 

 different subspecies in parts of India and Africa, but the supposed 

 west European form [G. fulvus occidentalis Schleg.) appears not to 

 be separable. 



NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS 



255. Neophron percnopterus percnopterus (L.) — THE 

 EGYPTIAN VULTURE. 



VuLTUR Perenopterus (evident misprint for Percnopterus) Linnaeus, 



Syst. Xat., ed. x, i, p. 87 (1758— Egypt). 



Neophron percnopterus (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 6 ; Saunders, p. 313. 



DiSTREBUTiox. — England. — Two obtained and one seen. Immature 

 bird shot (another seen) near Kilve, Bridgwater Bay (Somerset), 

 Oct., 1825. Immature bird obtained Peldon (Essex), Sept. 28, 1868 

 {ut supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Mediterranean countries, north to Mt. 

 Sal eve in Switzerland and the Bukowina, east to north-west India. 

 Also in Canaries, Cape Verdes, and almost the whole of Africa. Partly 

 migratory. Replaced in India (except in extreme north-west) by 

 N. percnopterus ginginianus. 



