ROUGH NOTES 
dndian Oology and Ornithology. 
No.* 1. Vulture Monachus, Liv. 
+TuE CinEREOUS VULTURE. 
I have been unable to obtain certain information as to the 
breeding of this noble bird within our limits, but it most cer- 
tainly does breed in the Himalayas, as I have seen a perfect 
ego, which was extracted from the oviduct of a female, shot in 
March, 1865, between Dalhousie and Murree. Nests are likely 
to be found anywhere in precipitous places, in the Himalayas, 
or perhaps in large trees, in the Sub-Himalayan ranges, west 
of the Ganges. Hastwards of this, the species seems to have far 
fewer representatives ; though Dr. Jerdon has seen it at Darjee- 
ling, and specimens have been obtaimed in Assam and Bhotan. 
The followmg particulars of its nidification, in the Pyrenees, 
are derived from Dr. Bree’s work. The breeding season is not 
mentioned. The bird breeds in isolated pairs, and not in society 
as Pulvus (verus), Auricularis, Indicus and Bengalensis all ap- 
pear to do. It builds, Dr. Bree says, among the most inacces- 
sible rocks, making a large nest of branches, boughs and small 
sticks. 
* The numbers are those of Dr. Jerdon’s work. Although I differ widely from 
him on many points of classification, I yet think it will, for obvious reasons, 
be most convenient in these present notes to adopt his arrangement. Where 
the scientific name, adopted by Dr. Jerdon, has been shown, by Mr. Blyth and 
others, liable to supersession by some other name, on the score of the priority 
of this latter, or for any other good cause ; Ihave, while retaining the NUMBER, 
made the necessary alteration in the name. 
+ Where, as not unfrequently happens, Dr. Jerdon departs from the pre-es- 
tablished English names, calling, for instance, the ‘‘ Cinereous Vulture,” the 
great brown Vulture, “the Griffon,” the Large Tawny Vulture, and the like, 
T have reverted to the original English names. Where I have neglected 
any corrections of the nature referred to in the present, or preceding note, I hope 
my error may be pointed out to me, for rectification in forthcoming editions. 
