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observed together wlien attracted by a carcase, and two in- 

 stances are on record of a flock of more than a hundred of these 

 Vultures being observed in the south of France, flying south- 

 wards towards the Pyrenees, during the month of October. 

 This species of Vulture, though not apparently so familiar in 

 its habits as some others, has been observed in Hungary to fre- 

 quent the villages dm-ing the winter season, though not dm-ing 

 the remainder of the year. 



The iris in the Cinereous Vulture is of a very dark hazel 

 brown ; the cere is of a purplish lavender colom-, which also 

 more or less pervades those portions of the head and neck 

 which are uncovered by feathers ; the tarsi and feet are of a 

 similar colour, somewhat modified by a tint of grey. 



The Cinereous Vulture is well figured in Gould's " Birds 

 of Europe," pi. 2. 



SPECIMENS OF VULTUR MONACHUS. 



No. 1. adult Wallachia (G) Mr. Parzudaki. 



No. 2. J adult Tangiers (G) Mr. Favier. 



Genus GYPS fSavigny.J 

 GYPS FULVUS (Grnelin;) 



FULVOUS GRirrON VULTUUE. 



This Vultiu-e (which derives its title to the appellation of 

 Fulvus from the colour of its plumage, especially when imma- 

 ture,) is the most numerous of all the larger vultures, and also 

 the most widely spread iu its geographical range. It is a bird 

 especially fi'equenting moimtainous districts, and occurs (chiefly 

 in such localities) throughout the greater part of Afi'ica, the 

 southern coimtries of Em-ope, and a considerable portion 

 of southern Asia. In Africa, tliis Vulture is found in the colony 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, including the imiaediate vicinity 



