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DR. MAX SCHMIDT ON THE DURATION OP [Apr. 20, 



Names of the animals. 



Ovis campestris 



African Domestic Sheep (Ovis aries) . 

 American Bison (Bison atnericanus) . 



Yak (Poephagus ffntnniens) 



Duration of life. 



ipproxi- 

 mative. 



AVES. 



ACCIPITRES. 



Common Buzzard (Buteo vulgaris). . . . 



Bateleur Eagle (Helotarsus ecaudatus) 



White-headed Sea-Eagle (Haliaetus 

 leucocephalus). 



Golden Eagle (Aquila clirysaetos) . . . . 



Common Kestrel (Tinnunculus alauda- 

 rius). 



Cinereous Vulture (Vultur monachus). . 



Sociable Vulture ( Vultur auricularis) . . 



Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) 



Black Vulture (Cathartes atratus) . . . . 



Condor Vulture (Sarcorhamphus gry- 

 phus). 



years. 



Ascertained. 



years. 



'13 



*9 

 *9 

 *6 



13 



9 



8 



*6 



14 

 15 

 12 



months. 



8 

 9 

 8 

 9 



6 

 8 

 9 



9 

 3 



8 



13 



13 

 10 



*15 

 14 



m 



*19 

 20 



11 



2 



4 

 4 



9 



4 



3 

 



days. 



10 







20 



10 



5 

 19 

 27 



12 



8 



24 



28 



11 



21 

 



22 



4 



28 

 6 



23 



24 



