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VULTURID^. 



The eggs of the South- African Griffon Vulture in the Collec- 

 tion are plain white, and measure respectivelj' : 3'5 by 2-8 ; 3-6 

 by 2-7. 



South Africa. 



South Africa {E. L. Layard). 



E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Gyps indicus {Scop.). 



Gyps indicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 10 (1874) ; Ontes ed. Hume, 

 Nests Sf Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 202 (1890) ; Sharpe, Ha7ul-l. i. p. 242 

 (1899). 



Gyps tenuirostris, Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind.j Birds, iii. p. 323 (1895). 



The eggs of the Long-billed Vulture are apparently always plain 

 white. They measure from 3*?5 to 3-55 in length, and from 2-65 

 to 2-7 in breadth. 



Mogra Lake, Bengal, 19th Dec. 



(/. C. Parker). 

 Mogra Lake, 27th Jan. (J. C. P.). 

 Purneah, Bengal, 7th Jan. 



Mysore. 



Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Gyps pallescens, Hume. 



Gyps indicus {nee Scop.), Hume, Nests S( Eggs Ind. B. p. 202 (1873) ; 



Blanf. Fuu7ia Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 322 (1895). 

 Gyps pallescens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 11 (1874); Oates ed. 



Hume, Nests if Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 203 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 242 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pallid Vulture are mostly plain white, but about 

 one specimen in every five is marked with rufous and more rarely 

 with grey or neutral tint. They measure from 3-5 to 3-9 in length, 

 and from 2-6 to 2-85 in breadth. 



2. Ajmere, Rajputana, 1st Dec. {A. O. Hume Coll. 

 Hume). 



mere, 20th Dec. {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



mere, 21st Dec. {A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



mere, 23rd Dec. {A. O. //.). Hume Coll. 



mere, 27th Dec. {A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



mere, 28th Dec. {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



mere, Jan. (A. 0. H.). Hume Coll. 



mere, 21st .Tan. {A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



mere, 2nd Feb. {A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



mere. 22nd Feb. {A. O. H). Hume Coll. 



Genus PSEUDOGYPS, Sharpe. 



Pseudogyps bengalensis {Gm.). 

 Gyps bengalensis, Lloyd, ibis. 1873, p. 402. 



