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No. 3 (bis). Gyps Fulvescens, (Sp. Nov.) 
Tur Bay VuLTuRE. 
This bird, of which a description and measurements will be 
found below, breeds, as far as I yet know, in February, and the 
first half of March. Its nest, a huge platform of sticks, 
was placed, in the only 3 instances which I know of, near the 
top of very large Peepul (Ficus Religiosa) trees. Both nests, that 
I found, were solitary, as was that found by Mr. C. H. T. 
Marshall. The nests are between 2°5, and 3 feet in diameter, 
some 6 to 10 inches in depth, constructed of sticks and twigs, 
and without any lining. The nests, that I found on the 12th 
and 21st of March, contained a single young bird each. It is to 
Mr. C. Marshall that I owe the only egg I possess. He says 
-“the nest was found on the 14th of March on the top of a 
large Peepul tree, (some 40 feet from the ground), in the Shah- 
baloul gardens near Lahore. It contained a single egg nearly 
ready to hatch off, the bill of the young one being actually 
protruding.” 
The egg is a very perfect oval, a good deal larger than that 
of Calvus or Bengalensis, and the texture appears to be finer 
than that of the eggs of any of our other Indian Vultures. 
No positive conclusion, however, can be arrived at from the 
examination of a single ege. 
The egg is of the usual Vulturine type, pale bluish white, 
but with a faint gloss; it is altogether unspotted, but was 
extensively soiled and discoloured from the droppings of the 
parent bird. It measures 3°5 xX 2°8. I have found this bird 
very common throughout the Punjaub, northern Rajpootana 
and the North-Western Provinces, north and west of Htawah, 
and Colonel Tytler has a young bird from Oraiee. I will 
now give exact measurements, and descriptions, taken from 
freshly killed specimens. 
Length, 41 to 47 inches. Expanse, 94 to 106 inches. Wing, 
27 to 29°5; the 3rd is the longest primary ; the Ist is from 2 to 4 
inches shorter, and the 2nd from 0°3 to 0°85. Tail, of 14 
feathers, 12 to 13°5 inches. Tarsus, 3°88 to 4:2. Foot, mid toe, 
3°75 to 4:5, its claw along curve, 13 to 1°8 ; inner toe, 1°8 to 2, its 
claw, 1:6 to 1:9 ; hind toe, 1:4 to 1:65, its claw, 1°55 to 1:8. Bill 
from gape, 3 to 3:2; length of cere, 1:03 to 1:13; straight, 
from edge of cere to point, 1:9 to 2; along curve, from 
edge of cere to point, 2°15 to 2:4; height at edge of cere, 
1- to 1-1; length of gonys, 1:13. Weight, 12 to 18 tbs. 
The top of the head, cheeks, chin and throat, are covered 
with dingy, yellowish white, hair-like feathers, so closely set 
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