found in the neighbourhood of Simla. 537 



we take tlie opportunity of pointing out tliat in a future 

 edition of the * Fauna ' the sentence " in India tliis bird 

 is resident in Afyhauistan, etc." should be corrected, and 

 should run "in India this bird is resident in Baluchistan, 



etc." 



2. Otogyps calvus (Scopoli). The Black Vulture. 



Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Birds, No. 1191. 



This Vulture is fairly common at Simla and in the lower 

 hills. It is to be seen throughout the year. It ranges as 

 high as 8000 feet in the temperate region of the Himalayas. 

 We have seen it gyrating over lofty peaks here in mid- 

 winter. It generally keeps in pairs, but it is by no means 

 unusual to see from four to six birds together. 



We have never yet found a nest of this bird in the hills 

 here, but have not the slightest doubt that it breeds 

 during March and early part of April in the subtropical 

 portions of the Himalayas from about 4000 feet downwards 

 (see, in this connection, Kelham in ' Ibis,' July lUOO, 

 pp. 417,418). 



Hume thought that these Vultures paired in the air only, 

 but we are unable to agree with him in this respect, as we 

 remember having seen them some years ago in copula on 

 trees. 



3. Gyps fulvus (Gmelin). The Griffon. 



Blanford, Fauna Brit. India, Bird.s, No, 1192. 



In the ' Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,^ 

 volume xxi. 1912, pp. 1331, 1332, we made an enquiry as to 

 whether this species had ever been observed in the Himalayan 

 districts of the Punjab, but up to now have received no 

 replies. We think that, in spite of what Blanford says in 

 the ' Fauna,' it may be taken as fairly certain that it does 

 not occur in these parts. W^e have never seen it here ; 

 and it apparently does not occur in Chamba {cf. Marshall, 

 'Ibis,' 1884, p. 404). 



It seems, however, only right to mention that Major H. 

 A. Magrath, who is one of our keenest observers, and who 



