98 Mr. H. E. Dresser's Notes on 



in district 4^ where it breeds, and probably also nests in dis- 

 tricts 3, 4, and 5. 



This species, described as new by Severtzoff, is by him 

 stated to be larger than Gyj)S fulvus, but resembling G. in- 

 ilicus, which, however, is smaller than G. fulvus. His de- 

 scription of the adult bird, from the upper Narin, at the head- 

 waters of the Curmecta river, at an altitude of 9500 feet, is 

 as follows : — " Head and neck covered with short white down, 

 the lower throat with hairy light brown feathers on each side, 

 marked with a line of white down ; feathers on the fore part of 

 the back and the upper surface of the Avings fresh greyish 

 yellow, marked with barely perceptible lighter lines (but this 

 colour gradually fades to dirty white) ; feathers on the breast 

 yellowish, marked with light-brown lines and spots ; abdomen, 

 under tail-coverts, lower back, and rump dull yellowish white ; 

 upper tail-coverts dark brown, marked with very distinct 

 white lines; tail, quills, and larger wing-coverts blackish 

 brown tipped with yellowish ; under wing-coverts white, ex- 

 cept that the first in order have a dark base. Total length 

 3-9-4-3 inches, extent 8-9-9-7/' The young birds he de- 

 scribes as resembling the adults, but being much darker, and 

 says that he saw, on the wing, some which were pure white, 

 with only the wings and tail black, which he supposes to have 

 been very old birds. 



This species has been shown by Mr. R. B. Sharpe (Cat. 

 Brit. Mus. Accipitres, p. 8) to be identical with the Vul- 

 ture described by Mr. A. O. Hume {' Rough Notes,^ i. p. 14), 

 whose name will take precedence, and that of G. nivicola 

 sink into a synonym. 



2. Gyps fulvus, Gm. ; SevertzoflF, p. 62. 



Horizontal range. Found during the breeding-season in 

 districts I., II., III., and IV. 



Vertical range. In districts 1, 2, 3, 4. It is stated to breed 

 in district 3, and perhaps also in district 4. 



3. VULTUR MONACHUS, L. 



Vultur cinereus, Severtzoff, p. 62. 



Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., II., III., and IV., 



