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SOCIABLE VULTURE. 

 Vultur auriculaii!!. Lath. 



From the Cape of (Jood Hope, occurrintj even close to Cape Town. It is the black 

 Carrion Bird of the Dutch colonists. Its epithet of sociable was founded on the state- 

 ment that several pairs build their nests together : this statement Dr. Andrew Smith 

 considers erroneous. He has never met with more than one nest actually occupied 

 upon the same tree. The error has probably originated in a new nest being occa- 

 sionally built adjoining to an old one, which had been deserted on account of its having 

 become unserviceable. The bird, he adds, seems but little disposed to sociability ; 

 rarely more than two are seen together, and if four occur in the neighbourhood of a 

 carcase, the number is considered great : while of the Griffon Vulture it is by no 

 means uncommon to see a hundred, or even more, congregated where carrion 

 exists. Presented by the Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville. 



TURKEY VULTURE. 



Cathartes Iota. 



Natives of America. — Presented by the President of the Society (the Earl of Derby\ 

 and by Charles Marryatt, Esq. 



KING VULTURE. 



Sarcorhamphus Papa, Dum. 



Inhabits the warmest parts of America. — Presented by Mrs. Fleming. 



Adjoining is A Pond and Enclosure for Ducks and other Aqitatic 

 Birds (28). 



SHOVELLERS. (Male and Female.) 

 Anas clypeata, Linn. 



Distinguished by their broad bills. Natives both of America and Europe. They 

 come to Great Britain and other parts of Middle Europe in the winter, and go North- 

 wards to breed. 



TUFTED DUCKS. 



Fuligula cristata, . 



These are remarkable divers. The male has a white patch on the side. 



COMMON TEAL. 

 Anas Crecca, Linn. 



MASKED DUCKS. 



Presented by James Williamson, Esq. 



GOLDEN-EYE DUCKS. (Seepage 14.) 



WOOD, AMERICAN, or SUMMER TEAL. (Seepage 14.) 



MANDARIN TEAL. (See page 14.) 



RED-BILLED WHISTLING DUCK. 

 Anas auturanalis, Linn. 



Presented by the Marquis of Lansdowne. 



In the Pond are several Gold Fish {Cyprinusaiiratus, Linn.). — Presented by 

 Sir Robert Heron. 



After passing the Falconry, a walk leads Eastwards to the Parrot House 

 (29), m which are also kept some others of the more delicate Birds. Among 

 them are the following species. 



STANLEY MUSK DEER. 



Moschus Stanleyanus, Gray. 



