226 VULTUBID.S:. 



The eggs of the South-African Griffon Vulture in the Collec- 

 tion are plain white, and measure respectively : 3'5 by 2-8 ; 3'6 

 by 2-7. 



1. South Africa. E. L. Layard, Esq. [P.]. 



1. South Africa (E. L. Layard}. Crowley Bequest. 



Gyps indicus (Scop.}. 



Gyps indicus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds E. M. i. p. 10 (1874) ; Oates ed. Hume, 

 Nests 8? Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 202 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 242 



Gyps tenuirostris, Blanf. Fauna Brit. 2nd., Birds, iii. p. 323 (1895). 



The eggs of the Long-billed Vulture are apparently always plain 

 white. They measure from 3-?5 to 3-55 in length, and from 2-65 

 to 2-7 in breadth. 



4. Mogra Lake, Bengal, 19th Dec. Hume Coll. 



(J. C. Parker). 



2. Mogra Lake, 27th Jan. (J. C. P.). Hume Coll. 



1. Purneah, Bengal, 7th Jan. Hume Coll. 



1. Bengal. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Mysore. Crowley Bequest. 



Gyps pallescens, Hume. 



Gyps indicus (nee Scop.}, Hume, Nests fy Eggs Ind. B. p. 202 (1873) ; 



Blanf. Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, iii. p. 322 (1895). 

 Gyps pallescens, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 11 (1874); Oates ed. 



Hume, Nests Sf Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 203 (1890) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. 



p. 242 (1899). 



The eggs of the Pallid Vulture are mostly plain white, but about 

 one specimen in every five is marked with rufous and more rarely 

 with grey or neutral tint. They measure from 3'5 to 3-9 in length, 

 and from 2-6 to 2-85 in breadth. 



2. Ajmere, Rajputana, 1st Dec. (A. O. Hume Coll. 



Hume}. 



2. Ajmere, 20th Dec. (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 



5. Ajmere, 21st Dec. (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 

 5. Ajmere, 23rd Dec. (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 

 7. Ajmere, 27th Dec. (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 

 5. Ajmere, 28th Dec. (A. O. H.}. Hume Coll. 

 5. Ajmere, Jan. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 

 1. Ajmere, 21st Jan. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



1. Aimere, 2nd Feb. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



2. Ajmere, 22nd Feb. (A. O. H.). Hume Coll. 



Genus PSEUDOGYPS, Sharpe. 



Pseudogyps bengalensis (Gm.). 

 Gyps bengalensis, Lloyd, ibis, 1873, p. 402. 



