68 Mr. E. L. Layard on Soutli- African Ornitholugy . 



of that species ; and Bonaparte and Cones ask : " Quid Procel- 



laria mimda, Kuhl V If it should prove really new^ it may 



go by the name Puffinus elegans, nob. 



Royal Zoological Museum, Turin, 

 September 12tli, 1868. 



VI. — Further Notes on South- African Ornithology. 

 By E. L. Layard, F.Z.S., &c. 

 In continuation of my Notes, as promised in my letter of the 

 17th of December 1867 (Ibis, 1868, pp. 242-248), I beg leave 

 to offer the following. The numbers prefixed to the names of 

 the species refer to my ' Birds of Soutb Africa.' 



5. Otogyps auricularis. Mr. Henry Jackson has sent me 

 eggs of this fine Vulture from the interior of the country, 

 which differ considerably from those which are found in the 

 neighbourhood of the sea-coast. They are white, with small 

 distinct spots of the colour of dried blood, whereas those from 

 the southern parts of the colony, that I have seen, are as de- 

 scribed in my book. Mr. Jackson found that the eggs of this, 

 and the next, weighed 9 oz. each. It breeds in June, as also 

 does the next species. 



6. Gyps pulvus. Mr. Jackson has obtained for the Museum 

 a splendid series of the eggs of this bird, and I append an ac- 

 count which he has sent me of an assault on the Vultures' 

 '' Krantz " in the Beaufort Mountains. 



" The South-African Museum being in want of eggs of 

 Gyps fulvus from this country, I determined to try and procure 

 some from a noted breeding-place of this species a short distance 

 from my residence. My first attempt was made on the 19th 

 October, 1866; but this proved too late in the season, all the 

 eggs being hatched — though I had the satisfaction of ascertain- 

 ing that most of the nests were accessible with the aid of a rope. 

 I made a second attempt on the Slst August, 1867, but was 

 again too late, obtaining only two addled eggs. Determined to 

 be in time this year, I sent my nephew on the 30th May to see 

 what the birds were doing; and he reported seven eggs visible 

 from the top of the '' krantz " or precipice. Giving the birds 

 three weeks longer to finish laying, I sent him again on the 



