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VULTUEID^. 



Vultur auricularis, Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 1, pi. — (1866) ; Ayres, Ibis, 



1879, p. 287. 

 Otogyps nubicus, Bree, t. c. 2nd ed. i. p. 1, pi. — (1875). 



The eggs of the Eared Vulture are elliptical in shape, rough in 

 texture, and without gloss. One example in the Collection is dull 

 white, mottled all over and boldly blotched at one end with reddish 

 brown ; a second is white with a few small spots of yellowish 

 brown scattered over the larger end ; and two others are smeared 

 all over with reddish and yellowish brown. They measure respec- 

 tively : 3-7 by 2-7; 3-5 by 2-7; 3 56 by 2-75; 3-5 by 2-75. 



1. 



Laid in confinement (Lilford 



Aviaries). 

 Transvaal, July (7". Aip-es). 

 Natal (Col. H. W. Feibha: Field 



Coll.). 

 Cape Colonv (Afinore: Tristram 



Coll.). 



Lord Lilford [P.]. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Otogyps calvus (Scop.). 



Otogyps calvus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 14 (1874); Ontes ed. 

 Hume, Nests ^ Egqs Ind. B. iii. p. 209 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. 

 Ind., Birds, iii. p." 318 (1895); Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 242 (1899); 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 1 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Black Vulture are short pointed ovals, 

 and occasionally of an elliptical or biconical shape, rough in texture, 

 and with little or no gloss. They are, for the most part, plain 

 yellowish white, but a tew are sparingl)- marked with rufous at the 

 larger end. They measure from 3'1 to 3*7 in length, and from 2*4 

 to 2-8 in breadth. 



1. Agrore Valley, Punjab, 8th May. 



18. Hansi, Punjab, 15th Feb. to 17th 

 April ( W. Bletvitt). 



3. Sirsa District, Punjab, 10th March. 



1. Sirsa District, 11th March. 



1. Sirsa District, 2oth March. 



1. Eohtuk, near Delhi, 25th March. 



1. Gurgaoa I)i.strict, 28th March. 



1. Jodhpur, 3rd April. 



1. Sambhur Lake, 21st April. 



1 Bichpuri, Agra, 1st Feb. 



1. Agra, 7th Feb. 



1. Agra, 9th Feb. 



1 . Mynpuri, 1 st March (A. O. Hume) . 



1. Etawah, 6th March. 



1. Reya, Allahabad, 24th Oct. (C. T. 



Bingham). 



1. Allahabad, 1.5th Oct. 



1. Allahabad, 12th Nov. 



1. Nipal (A. G. V. Theobald). 



1. Calcutta District, 25th Nov. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume f!all. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 



Hume Coll. 

 Hume Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Hume Coll. 



