306 Lord Lilford — List of 



In the following list I have been chiefly guided by my 

 own predilections — I should perhaps say, prejudices — in the 

 matter of nomenclature, and have not gone through the 

 useless trouble of appending the names of authorities, my 

 only object being to convey clearly to the mind of my readers 

 the species of which I treat, and to avoid profitless discussion 

 on precedence. But to assist reference to Dr. Guilleraard's 

 articles, I make use of the specific names adopted by him, 

 without necessarily, thereby, implying my approval of them 

 in all cases. I append an asterisk to the species of which we 

 obtained specimens. 



1. Black Vulture. VuUur inonachus. 



Guiliemard obtained a full-grown young bird of this 

 species near Morphou in INfay, 1887; it was accompanied by 

 an adult. I did not meet with this Vulture in Cyprus, and 

 am inclined to consider it as uncommon there, very probably 

 an occasional visitor from Asia Minor. 



An immature specimen of this bird Avas sent to the Zoolo- 

 gical Gardens, Regent's Park, from Cyprus, by Captain A. 

 Alexander, R.E., in the spring of 1880, and lived there for 

 several years. I may perhaps be allowed to mention here 

 that I have never met with this species in what I consider 

 to be its fully adult plumage, except in the Sierra de Guad- 

 arrama. Old Castile. All the coloured figures with Avhich 

 I am acquainted represent more or less immature indi- 

 viduals. *. G. 



2. Griffon Vulture. Gyps fulvus. 



We found this Vulture in considerable numbers on the 

 sea-cliffs between Cape Zephgari and Cape Gato, where we 

 have reason to believe that several pairs habitually breed, 

 and I frequently recognized the Griffon sailing high in the 

 air in the neighbourhood of the coast near Famagusta and 

 Salamis. Guiliemard found this species to be frequent in 

 various districts of the island, and obtained young birds 

 from the neighbourhood of Akanthu : he also brought home 

 an egg of the Griffon, taken in the northern range of moun- 

 tains. *. 



