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fiu-iously his beautiful s very-grey eyes. Have you safely seized 

 him ? he yet fixes his claws firmly, and knows, despite 

 their being rather blunt, how to defend himself still very 

 energetically." 



An immature specimen of this Yulture is figured in 

 Riippell's "Atlas," pi. 32, under the name of " Vultur Kolbii." 

 Three other examples are represented in Muller's " Nouveaux 

 Oiseaux d' Afrique," pi. 5, under the title of " Gyps Mag- 

 niflcus:" one of these is more advanced in age than the other 

 two, but, nevertheless, does not appear to me to be fully adult, 

 although stated to be so in the accompanying text. 



SPECIMENS OF OYPS BUPPELLI. 



Skeleton Natal (G) Mr. Ayres. 



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



No. 2. S immature Nubia (G) Mr. Verreaux. 



No. 3. immature South Africa (G) Ditto. 



No. 4. 5 adult Bissao (G) Ditto. 



GYPS INDICUS ('Seopoli.J 

 GYPS TENTJICEPS (Hodgson.) 



LONG-BILLED GEIPFON VULTUKE. 



The Slender-billed Griffon Yulture appears to be exclu- 

 sively limited to the continent of Asia, It is found throughout 

 the Indian peninsula, and it also inhabits Burmah and Siam. 

 This species feeds on carrion, and is gregarious in its habits ; 

 from twenty to thirty individuals being frequently seen 

 together. 



The following particulars respecting this vulture have 



