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are rein-esented in Gould's " Birds of Europe," pi. 3. The 

 egg is figiu-ed in the thii'd edition of Hewitson's " British 

 Oology," 1)1. 2 ; also in Baedeker's work on " Em-opean 

 Oology," (Die Eier der Eiu'opiiischcn Yogel,) pi. 9, fig. 2. 



SPECIMENS OF NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS. 



Skeleton Egypt (G) M. Verreaux 



No. 1. adult (G) 



(The above forms part of the series of British Birds.) 



No. 2. 4 adult South of France (G) Mr. Parzudaki. 



No. 3. S immature... Spain (G) Ditto. 



No. 4. S immature... Italy (G) Ditto. 



No. 5. ? adult Tangiers (G) M. Favier. 



No. G. adult Kartoom, Kordofan . (G) T. C. Eyton, Esq., 



collected by Mr. Murray. 

 No. 7. S adult Natal (G) Mr. Ayres. 



NEOPHRON PILEATTTS (Gray.) 



PILEATED VULTURE. 



The Pileated Vultui-e exhibits a marked difi'erence from 

 the Egj^tian Vulture in retaining its brown plumage when 

 adult — there being no perceptible difference between the colour 

 of the feathers in the young and old birds, except, perhaps, to 

 a slight extent in the short downy feathers of the head. The 

 geographical range of this species is much more restricted than 

 that of Neophron percnopterus, being confined to central and 

 southern Africa. Its southern limit being the interior of the 

 colony of the Cape of Good Hope, while to the northward it 

 is not foimd to extend fiu'ther than Sennaar and Abyssinia 

 on the eastern, and Senegal on the western side of the African 

 continent. This Vulture has also been observed on two islands 

 lying off the west coast of Africa, viz., Prince's Island and the 

 Island of St. Thomas, as well as in the islands of the Dabalach 



