•12 J)r, E. fSyinonds oil the 



covered with surfiice and underlying blotches of varying 

 shades of sienna-brown, many of which are confluent. 



In clutch B the ground-colour is lieavilv tinged with a 

 })ale olive-green; the texture of the slitdl is similar to that of 

 clutch A. 



The eggs are much more thickly blotched than in A, and 

 in one egg, of this clutch the blotches are much smaller. 



In clutch C the ground-colour is much liohter, being almost 

 fawn. The texture of the shell is coarser. 



The blotches are rather bolder than in either of the two 

 other clutches. 



739. ToTANUS NEBULAiiius. (Grecnshank.) 

 (a). ?. 4.6.06. Swazieland. Iris dark brown. Stomach, 

 small fish. Bare. 



V. — Some, additional JS^otes on the Birds of the Krooiistad 



District, Orange River Colowj. By Edmoxd Symonds, 



L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. 



555. Gyps kolbii. (Kolbe's Vulture.) 



This Vulture is very common in the O.R.C, and I can 

 remember, while shooting in the seventies and early eighties, 

 that as soon as a buck was dropped — though not a sign of a 

 bird was visible in the sky — Vultures would shortly be seen 

 circling round at a distance. Before the buck was properly 

 cut open and its entrails and head removed, they would 

 be flying round close by ; and one had only to leave the 

 remains a short distance away, wdieu they pounced on it. 

 One belief common in those times was, that if you took the 

 head (after removal from the carcase), stuck the horns flrmly 

 in the ground, and left it there with grass in the mouth, no 

 Vulture would touch it : this I have seen myself, though 

 they gorged on the entrails close by. 



I have also seen them (one or two) watching a ewe lambing. 

 The ewe was well aware of their intentions, and would stand 

 facing them until the lamb could follow her, when the 

 '" Aas^"o;2;els " would fly away.* 



On attacking a carcase, they apparently prefer the eyes 

 * rxhev seem to be bolder nowadays. — Edd. i 



