4 EGYPTIAN VULTURE. 



It is built about the end of March, and the young are not hatched 

 until late in May, where they remain until July, not being able to 

 take flight before that time. Here again we see the wise ordering 

 of Providence, in a different arrangement from that which prevails 

 with regard to so many useful or harmless birds, where two or 

 three, or even more broods are hatched in the year. 



The eggs are mottled or spotted more or less with brown or 

 reddish brown, and frequently as much so as those of the Kestrel; 

 one or the other end being occasionally more deeply tinted than the 

 rest; they are widest in the middle, and taper towards each end. 

 Sometimes they are of a white colour, or bluish white. 



