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valued friend Colonel Tytler’s museum, (to which I owe many 
opportunities of comparing foreign and Indian types,) the 
adult always retains the down on the head as in Monachus. The 
narines in this bird: (Occipitalis) are more oval than in Oalvus, 
but all 3 species are closely related to each other, and the genus 
Otogyps scarcely appears to me worthy of retention. 
Gyps Indicus (verus) and Gyps Bengalensis may doubtless 
give place to this bird in feeding ; but it is our bird that has to 
give way, when it comes into the company, as I have so often 
seen it, of V. Monachus and G'. Fulvescens (nobis, No. 3 bis). 
The following are exact dimensions taken from several speci- 
mens. Length, 30 to 83. Expanse, 80 to 88. Weight, 8°5 Ibs. 
to 11 lbs. Wing, 22°5 to 24; the third primary is the 
longest, the first is from 2 to 3 inches shorter, and the second 
from 2to 4. Tail of 14 feathers, from 9°8 to 11. Tarsus, 4:3 
to 4:6. The greatest length of the foot is from 7 to 8 inches, 
the greatest width, 5 to 55; the mid toe from 3-4 to 3°8; 
its claw along curve from 1:3 to 1:5, hind toe, 1:2 to 1-45; 
its claw along curve, 1:5 to 1°68; inner toe, 1:25 to 1:6; 
its claw along curve, 1°6 to 1°75. Bill, straight from edge 
of cere to point, 1:9 to 2; ditto along curve, 2°3 to 2°55; 
from gape, 2°6 to 3; width at gape, 1°8 to 1:95; height at 
margin of cere, | to 1:1, length of cere, 0-9 to 1:15. The closed 
wings fall short of the end of the tail by 2 to 3:25. The 
lower tail coverts by from 3 to 5:5. 
My. Salvin, I think, tells us how a young Gyps Fiul/vus devoured 
a half pound pot of arsenical soap, without seeming much the 
worse for its indigestible meal, the following remarks by Captain 
Hutton tend to show that Vultures generally are but little liable 
to injury from poisonous food. He says, ‘“ There is a curious fact 
which applies not only to all these Vultures, but likewise to 
Leptoptilus Javanicus our rain Adjutant, which it may be as well 
to record. In order to procure good specimens of Mammalia, 
I have occasionally been in the habit of placing out a carcass of 
some large animal, well poisoned with Strychnia, and have thus 
procured Foxes, Jackals, Leopards, Bears, Kites, Jays, Crows 
and Aguila Imperialis, but never in any instance was a Vulture 
or an Adjutant affected, although greedily devouring the flesh of 
the poisoned carcass. The eagles ate greedily for about five 
minutes, scarcely more, then they suddenly ceased, but instead 
of flying off, they stood as if rooted to the ground, and then fell 
prone with outstretched neck and half open wings upon the spot 
where they had stood; after a few convulsive croakings and 
gaspings they were dead. The Vultures after feeding, either 
soared away or sat upon the neighbouring trees, yet none ever 
