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to the young, and I fired as it was clambering over the edge 
of its dwelling, but unsuccessfully, the height being too great. 
To get a look into the nest I had to clamber up by a crack in 
the rock, and on reaching it had a good deal of difficulty in 
taking out the young bird, for there was but one, about 
the size of a Wood-Pigeon, and still in down. The interior 
of the nest had a disgusting appearance, filled as it was 
with all sorts of decaying substances that were crawling with 
maggots, while a most pungent stench proceeded from the 
dwelling of this filthy bird. 
The young Hgyptian Vulture was more delicate than a 
Bearded Vulture and a “Stein” Eagle of the same age, for 
it could not stand long journeys, and died in a few days. 
In conclusion, I annex the measurements of three Spanish 
em. cm. ecm. 
specimens :— 
| | | | 
Length. | Breadth. Wing. | Tail. Tarsus. |Middle toe. 
Sex. a SC oa [Ee AO | OB ete 
| dee em. em. 
Neophron percnopterus from the Pardo at Madrid. 
$. | 65 1625 | 50 | 275 | 95 | 52 
Qo. | 68:5 163°) |) 49° | 26 | 9 | 6 
Neophron percnopterus from Fuensanta at Murcia. 
1 9. | 685 168 | 50 | 28 | 9 
I may perhaps be permitted to say a few more words (a 
few are unfortunately all that I can say) about the king of 
the bird-world, the great Bearded Vulture. 
After killing the two specimens in the Sierra Nevada I 
rambled through the south of Spain, where I neither saw it 
AY 
