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size, very powerful, being able to rise straight from tlie ground 

 by a few strokes of the wing. 



3 bis. — Gyps fulvescens, Hume. 



Female. — Length, 42-0; expanse, 105-0; wing, 280; tail, 

 13-6 ; tarsus, 4-3 ; bill from gape, 3-0 ; bill from cere, 2*04 ; length 

 of cere, 1-14; depth of bill at cere, I'S ; width at gape, 1'65 ; 

 gonys, 1-25 ; mid-toe, 4'4; its claw, straight, 1-25; closed 

 wings short of tail, 3'3; weight, 151bs. 



Bill dusky ; irides dark brown ; feet blackish ; claws black. 



A fine specimen, darker and much more richly coloured than 

 the type of fulvescens. Head and neck well clothed with down ; 

 ruff of long pointed feathers pale rufous brown, centred whitish ; 

 above a rather pale brown ; the rump brownish rufous, and all 

 the feathers pale centred; greater coverts, secondaries, and 

 tertiaries dusky, the first bronzed and lighter on the outer 

 w^ebs ; primaries and tail feathers brownish black ; beneath 'a 

 paler and more rufous brown than the upper parts ; all the 

 feathers very narrowly centred with white ; crop closely covered 

 with shining wood-brown feathers ; third primary longest. 



This fine Vulture was found in the valley in about the same 

 numbers as G. Mmalayensif>, and, like the latter, was only 

 noticed during the winter months. The only specimen seen 

 -was shot in the Residency grounds in November ; this bird 

 was singularly clean and free from the usual vulturine odour. 



3 ter.—Gtyi^s himalayensis, Hume. 



Length, 45*7; expanse, 109*5; wing, 300; tail, 16'0 ; 

 tarsus, 4*25; bill from gape, 3-1; bill from anterior margin 

 of cere, straight, 2*05; width at gape, 1-70; length of cere, 

 I'l ; depth at cere, 1"3 ; mid-toe, 4*3 ; its claw, straight, 1*25 ; 

 wings short of tail, 3"4 ; weight, ISlbs. 7*5ozs. 



A young bird, above rich deep brown ; all the feathers very 

 broadly tipped with pale yellowish ; no white patch on the back ; 

 upper coverts nearly all pale fulvous ; below the feathers lighter 

 brown than the back, and all very broadly centred with fulvous 

 white ; fourth primary quill longest. 



Bill pale greenish horny, brownish in front of nostrils, and 

 the maro-in of the upper mandible dusky from festoon to tip ; 

 cheeks and chin pale brownish grey; round the lower half 

 of the eye bluish or purplish ; skin of neck, where exposed, 

 pale sea green ; irides fine hazel brown ; cere dusky ; feet 

 greenish grey ; claws pale greyish horny to pale horny brown. 



This huge Vulture is found in small numbers in the valley 

 of Nepal, but in winter only. The specimen noted above was 



