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than those obtained by any of his predecessors, especially when the short period of his 
stay is taken into consideration; and the present collection of birds will always remain 
a proof of the diligence and zeal of this indefatigable collector. 
I have given critical remarks, to the best of my power, on all interesting or disputed 
points connected with the determination of the species in the following list; while 
Mr. Jesse has furnished some field-notes as to habits and the colour of the eyes, legs, 
&c., which, as far as I can judge myself, seem to have been recorded with most com- 
mendable accuracy. 
Fam. VULTURIDZ’. 
1. Vuurur FuLvus (Gml.). 
Gyps fulvus, Riipp. Syst. Uebers. p. 9. no. 4a; Heugl. Syst. Uebers. no. 44; id. Faun. des Rothen 
Meeres, no. 4c. 
Vultur fulvus, Finsch & Hartl. Vogel Ostafr. p. 31. no. 1d. 
a. Senafé. April 1868. 
The plumage of this specimen is strongly tinged with ochre-brown, like the so-called 
Vultur fulvus orientalis of Schlegel. Bill greyish horn-colour, along the culmen 
yellowish. 
Long. al. Caud. Culm. Rostr. a rict. Tars. Dig. interm. 
Measurements . . 1! 114" 10" 230 2IENO! 4! SiO te 
The length of the bill is taken from the front to the apex. The measurements of the 
toes are exclusive of the claw. All dimensions are given in old French feet and inches, 
the inches being divided into twelve lines. 
{Common in the highlands.—W. J.] 
1 The full titles of the works referred to are :— 
a, Systematische Uebersicht der Vogel Nord-Ost-Afrika’s, von Dr. Eduard Riippell, Frankfurt a. M. 1845 
(mit 50 Abbildungen). 
b. Systematische Uebersicht der Vogel Nord-Ost-Afrika’s, mit Einschluss der Arabischen Kiiste, des Rothen 
Meeres und der Nil-Quellen-Lander, siidwiirts bis zum iy. Grade nérdl. Breite, yon Dr. Th. von Heuglin (aus 
dem Februarhefte des Jahrganges 1856 der Sitzungsberichte der mathem.-naturw. Classe der Kaiserl. 
Akademie der Wissenschaften (Wien, Band xix. pp. 255-324) besonders abgedruckt. 
c. Th. y. Heuglin’s Forschungen iiber die Fauna des Rothen Meeres und der Somali-Kiiste. Ein systematisches 
Verzeichnis der Siugethiere und Vogel (Mittheilungen aus Justus Perthe’s geographischer Anstalt tiber wichtige 
neue Forschungen auf dem Gesammtgebiete der Geographie von Dr. A. Petermann, 1861, pp. 11-82). 
d. We trust we shall be allowed to refer to this unpublished work, which is more than half printed off, and 
will be published very shortly. The full title will be :—Baron Carl Claus von der Decken’s Reisen in Ost- 
Africa. Vierter Band: Die Vogel Ost-Africa’s yon Dr. O. Finsch und Dr. G. Hartlaub. Mit 11 Tafeln in 
Buntdruck. It will contain descriptions of all the birds, about 457 species, known from Eastern Africa, 
from the southern extremity of Mozambique up to Cape Gardafui and the Somali coast. 
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