The Birds of Transylvania. 291 



XXI. — The Birds of Transylvania. By Charles G. Danford, 

 and John A. Harvie Brown. 



Part II. 



*1. Gypaetus BARBATUS (L.) . Zer^fg /§«;¥ (Chamois-Eaglc) ; 

 Szakdlos Keselyil (Bearded Vulture) . 



Not rare in the higher mountains, but seldom descending 

 into the low country : nests in rocky situations. Danford 

 saw it in autumn at Petroseny, near the Vulcan Pass, and 

 among the high hills in the neighbourhood of the Retjezat ; 

 and HH. Csato and Buda Adam observed many, especially 

 about the Jorgovan Kove, where they counted as many as 

 fifteen at a time. The specimen in the Klausenburg Museum 

 was shot at Rodenau, in the Nassoder district. 



^2, VuLTUR MONACHUS, L. D'og Keselyil (Carrion- Vulture) . 



Common throughout the country, both on plain and moun- 

 tain : breeds among rocks. We came upon a flock of twelve 

 feeding on a buried horse, which had been laid bare by the 

 Wallach dogs, on the road-side near to Maros-Ludas ; and 

 we also saw some at Hatzeg. 



"^3. Gyps FULvus (Gmel.). /S^'o^e iCe^e/?/^ (Light-coloured 

 Viilture) . 



Not so common as the preceding, but weU distributed, 

 keeping more to the mountains, where it breeds. It is gene- 

 rally seen during warm weather. Herr Otto met with it at 

 Zah and at Gyeke. 



4. Neophron percnopterus (L.) . Csont Keselyil (Bone- 

 Vulture) . 



Very rare, but has been occasionally seen in the lowlands 

 in autumn; and the young have, according to Herr Buda 

 Adam, been brought from the mountains near Hatzeg. Herr 

 Buda Elek saw one on the carcass of a sheep at Russ ; and in 

 1860 Herr Buda Adam observed one on the banks of the 

 Strell. Both these observations were made in summer. 



5. Falco sacer, Gm. 



Very rare. Bieltz mentions F. lanarius, L., as occurring; 



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