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own. The ancient Egyptians also often represented this vul- 

 ture "With, extended wings on the upper part of their porticoK 

 and doorways ; and their Goddesses and Queens are frequently 

 pourtrayed as wearing head-di-esses made in the shape of this 

 hird, probably because it was considered in their mythology 

 as emblematical of maternity. 



A nearly adult specimen of this vult\ire is figured in 

 Gould's "Birds of Europe," pi. 1. A South African example, 

 also nearly adult, is figured in Le Vaillant's " Oiseaux d' 

 Afrique," pi. 10, under the name of " Le Chassefiente." The 

 immature plumage of this species is represented in Boitard's 

 " Oiseaux de Proie," pi. 1, fig. 2. 



The egg is figiu-ed in the third edition of Hewitson'.s 

 " British Oology," pi. 1. 



SPECIMENS OF GYPS FULVUS. 



Skeleton J adult 



No. 1. adult Africa (G) Zoological Society. 



No. 2. imniiituro ( G) 



The above two specimens form part of tlie series of British Birds. 



immature Pyrenees (G) Mr. Parzudaki. 



immature Athens (G) Ditto. 



immature Tangiers (G) Mr. Favier. 



adult Sonk-harras, Algeria (G) Rev. H. B. Tristram. 



nestling Algeria (G) Mr. Parzudaki. 



immature Abyssinia (G) Ditto. 



adult Cape of Good Hope (G) Mr. Veireaux. 



No. 10. adult Ladak Collected by Lieutenant 



Strachey, presented by 

 the Hon. East India 

 Company. 

 No. 11. immature Madras (G) Zoological Society, col- 

 lected by J. M. Heath, 

 Esq. 



