88 



eyes as far as the region of the ear is covered with a white 

 woolly down without the admixture of any of those black 

 bristles which are found in Gi/paetus barbatus at every age. 

 # * * 'j'lie Southern Gypaete is mostly found upon the 

 high mountains of Abyssinia, also in Nubia, Egypt, and 

 Arabia Petrsea." This species also inhabits the mountainous 

 districts of Southern Africa. 



Dr. Eoth, in a manuscript report quoted in the Catalogue 

 of the East India Company's Museum, speaks of this species in 

 the following terms : — "A very common bird about Angollallah 

 and Anhober, in Abyssinia ; it is not so timid as the solitary 

 specimens of its family in Em-ope ; it comes not into the com- 

 pounds, but still it hovers about in the near vicinity of the 

 towns and villages. Smells dreadfully from its mode of living ; 

 takes a great quantity of water." 



In Bruce's Abyssinian Travels, a description is given of a 

 specimen shot by him on Mount Lamalmon, which had robbed 

 the travellers' servants of some boiled goat's flesh on which 

 they were about to dine ; a species of peculation to which its 

 Himalayan congener is said by Mr. Hodgson to be also addicted. 



The colouring of the feet and eyes in this species appears 

 to resemble that of the same parts in Gypaetus barbatus. Dr. 

 Kiippell speaks of the feet of the Southern Gypaete as 

 " blueish," and the colour of the eye is described in the 

 " Voyage en Abyssinie," edited by Mons. des Murs and others 

 for the French Government, in the following terms : — " Iris 

 isabelle, a cornee opaque rouge de feu." 



. Mr. Ayres, in transmitting a young male of this species 

 from Natal, writes as follows : — " The Lsemmer-Geyers are not 

 at all plentiful here ; they are very seldom seen on the coast, 

 being principally confined to the precipitous country more 

 inland. * * * They sail slowly about in search of theii' 

 food, generally singly, but occasionally in pairs; then- flight 

 much resembles that of the larger falcons. * * * They 

 swaUow good-sized bones^tho stomach of the bird I shot was 



