NEOPHRON. CIRCUS. 137 



Neophron percnopterus. EGYPTIAN VULTURE. 



Vultur perenopterus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 87: 

 Egypt. 



Neophron percnopterus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 

 1874, p. 17 ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 92 ; Sounders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 313. 



Percnopterus=irepKvoirrepo<s, dusky-winged, an epithet of, probably, Gy- 

 pa'titiis barbatus, in Aristotle, H. A. ix. 32, 3 : from irepKvos and -nTepov. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor. Two 

 immature examples were seen (one of which was shot) at 

 Bridg water Bay, Somerset, in Oct. 1825. An immature 

 bird was killed at Peldon, Essex, Sept. 1868. 



General Distribution. The Egyptian Vulture breeds in 

 southern Europe from the mountains of Spain and Savoy 

 eastwards to the Caucasus; also in the Canary Islands, 

 the Cape Verde Islands, and north Africa, from Morocco 

 to the Red sea, and thence down the eastern side to Cape 

 Colony ; also in south-western Asia from Asia Minor and 

 Palestine to north-west India. It is accidental in Norway 

 and Germany, and is represented in India by an allied form. 



Family FALCONID^]. 



Genus CIRCUS Laclpede, Tableaux Ois. 1799, p. 4. 

 Type : C. ceruginosus Linn. 



Circus=KipKi<s, a kind of Hawk. 



Circus seruginosus. MARSH-HARRIER, 



FalGO seruginosus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 91 : 

 Sweden. 



Circus seruginosus (Linn.) ; Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. 1874, 

 p. 69 ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 92 ; Sounders, Manual, 

 2nd ed. 1899, p. 315. 



JEruginosus= rusty, rust-coloured; from aerugo =rust of copper, ses. 

 Distribution in the British Islands. A Scarce Resident. In 



