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nests, and two or three adjacent trees are frequently all thus 

 occupied. This vultm-e builds a nest of considerable thick- 

 ness, constructed of small branches and twigs, mixed with 

 dead leaves ; it lays a single egg, which is entu-ely white. In 

 the adult bird of this species the bare skin of the head and 

 neck is of a pui-plish brown, the legs and feet are of a similar 

 colour tinged with grey, and the ii-ides dark brown. 



This species is figui-ed in Gray's " Illustrations of Indian 

 Zoology," the adult bii-d in pi. 14, and the immatm-e in pi. 

 15. The adult plumage is also well represented in Gould's 

 " Birds of Asia," part 3, pi. 1. 



SPECIMENS OF GYPS BENGALENSIS. 



Skeleton Britisli Museum. 



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



No. 2. immature Ditto (G) Ditto. 



No. 3. ditto Nubia (G) Mr. Verreaux. 



No. 4. ditto Abyssinia (G) Ditto. 



