624 NOTES FROM THE SOUTH. 



GYPAETUS BARBATUS. Bearded Vulture. 



According to a trustworthy man, three Bearded Vultures 

 were observed about the end of March at a carcass that I had 

 laid out for large vultures in the neighbourhood of Trebinje. 

 They circled round the spot repeatedly and then disappeared 

 again. A few days before my arrival a specimen was killed 

 at Mostar, not far from the town. 



NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS. Egyptian Vulture. 



On March 31st I observed one of these birds between 

 Ragusa and Trebinje, not far from the frontier of Dalmatia 

 and the Herzegovina. A few days later my brother-in-law 

 killed one at a carcass where a pair had settled at the same 

 time. In April I saw some near Trebinje. When I placed 

 the Eagle-Owl near the carrion these vultures stooped at it 

 furiously, but after a few attacks flapped down to the ground 

 and began their repast. On April 24th I saw one in Northern 

 Dalmatia on the rocky banks of the Cermanja, and on the 

 same day two more among the high cliffs in the narrow pass- 

 age from the Mar di Novigrad into the Mar di Karin. 



GYPS FULVUS. Griffon Vulture. 



Along the road between the Dalmatian frontier and Trebinje 

 we everywhere saw Griffon Vultures sailing about. They 

 did not always come to the carrion that I laid out, but gene- 

 rally only flew round the place. On March 31st, however, 

 great numbers of these vultures assembled for a feast from 

 seven in the morning until two in the afternoon, and a whole 

 horse disappeared into their hungry stomachs in a single day. 

 On April 15th we exposed a sheep at another spot near a 

 Turkish " kula," upon which we set the Eagle-Owl. A " Stein " 

 Eagle and a Raven stooped at the Owl, while at the same 

 moment a Griffon Vulture, an Egyptian Vulture, and another 

 Raven settled upon the carcass. On the 18th several vultures 



