228 VFLTIJRID^. 



Vultur auricularis. Bree, Birds Eur. i. p. 1. pi. (1866) : Aures, Ibis, 



1879, p. 287. 

 Otogyps nubicus, Bree, t. c. 2nd ed. i. p. 1, pi. (1875). 



The eggs of the Eared Vulture are elliptical in shape, rough in 

 texture, and without gloss. One example in the Collection is dull 

 white, mottled all over and boldly blotched at one end with reddish 

 brown; a second is white with a few small spots of yellowish 

 brown scattered over the larger end ; and two others are smeared 

 all over with reddish and yellowish brown. They measure respec- 

 tively : 37 by 27; 3-5 by 27; 3-56 by 275; 3-5 by 275. 



1. Laid in confinement (Lilford Lord Lilford [P.]. 



Aviaries). 



1. Transvaal, July (T. Ayres). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Natal (Col H. W. Feilden: Field Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 

 1. Cape Colony (Atmore : Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



Otogyps calvus (Scop.). 



Otogyps calvus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 14 (1874); Oatest ed. 

 Hume, Nests $ Eggs Ind. B. iii. p. 209 (1890) ; Blanf. Fauna Brit. 

 Ind., Birds, iii. p. 318 (1895) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 242 (1899) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 1 (1899). 



The eggs of the Indian Black Vulture are short pointed ovals, 

 and occasionally of an elliptical or biconical shape, rough in texture, 

 and with little or no gloss. They are, for the most part, plain 

 yellowish white, but a few are sparingly marked with rufous at the 

 larger end. They measure from 3*1 to 37 in length, and from 2*4 

 to 2-8 in breadth. 



1. Agrore Valley, Punjab, 8th May. Hume Coll. 



18. Hansi, Punjab, 15th Feb. to 17th Hume Coll. 



April ( W. Blewitt). 



3. Sirsa District, Punjab, 10th March. Huine Coll. 



1. Sirsa District, llth March. Hume Coll. 



1. Sirsa District, 25th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Rohtuk, near Delhi, 25th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Gurgaon District, 28th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Jodhpur, 3rd April. Hume Coll. 



1. Sarnbhur Lake, 21st April. Hume Coll. 



1. Bichpuri, Agra, 1st Feb. Hume Coll. 



1. Agra, 7th Feb. Hume Coll. 



1. Agra, 9th Feb. Hume Coll. 



1 . Mynpuri, 1 ,st March (A. O. Hume) . Hume Coll. 



1. Etawah, 6th March. Hume Coll. 



1. Reya, Allahabad, 24th Oct. (C. T. Hume Coll. 



Pingham). 



1. Allahabad, 15th Oct. Hume Coll. 



1. Allahabad, 12th Nov. Hume Coll. 



1. Nipal (A. G. V. Theobald). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Calcutta District, 25th Nov. Hume Coll. 



