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of which three were secured ; and a still larger band was said to have 

 passed two years previously. Both came from the north and journeyed 

 towards the Pyrenees (Jaubert et Barthelemy'Lapommeraye). 



Spain. By no means rare throughout Andalucia (Saunders); Castilles 

 (Lilford); near Marbella and Cordova (Lilford); on the Spanish side of 

 the Straits frequently to be seen in winter and early spring, though not 

 nearl}' so common as the Griffon Vulture ; it is more common near Seville 

 than Gibraltar; some breed in Andalucia. Found by Lord Lilford nesting 

 near Madrid (cf. Irby's B. Gibr. p. 28), 



Portugal. Portugal {Bocage); Benavente ( Welwitsch) ; Alemtejo {Mira) ; 

 CoUares [Menezes). Cf. Souza, Cat. Accipitr. Lisb. Mas. p. 30. 



Balearic Tsles. Resident in Mallorca (Saunders). 



Switzerland and Savoy. Very rare in both these countries (Bailly). 



Italy. Accidental in the Apennines ; two specimens killed near Sai-ona, 

 according to Durazzo ; two killed in May 1863, near Ripatransone, in the 

 province of Ascoli-Piceno (Salvadori). 



Sardinia. Commonest Vulture in the island (Brooke). 



Austrian Empire. Rarer than the Griffon, and occurs but seldom in the 

 northern and western portions, Kloubouker district (Briinner-Kreis); Steiu- 

 burg, in Carinthia ; Southern Styria, accidental, once near Pettau ; not 

 rare in Siebenbiirgen ; ' doubtful whether it breeds in the High Tatra, 

 Galicia ; Hungary, near Ofen, common in the south (Von Tschudi); Banat 

 (Zelebor, Mus. Wien). Cf. Pelzeln, Geier und Falk. p. 126. 



Bohemia. Very rare (Fritsch, J.f. O. 1871, p. 175). Comes from the 

 east ; K6nig-gi-'atz ; the Georgsberg near Laudnic ; near Leitomitschl 

 (Fritsch). 



Germany. Once in Schleswig, once in Ober Lausitz, once in E. Prussia 

 (Borggreve), Frankstadt (M'dhren) in the end of May 1873 -, Hochwald, 

 not far from Frankstadt ; about the same time near Bielitz, Silesia, on tne 

 authority of Prof. Tolsky (Von Tschusi, J.f. O. 1874, p. 341). 



Kurland. Shot by Forester Tamma (Goebel,J.f. O. 1873, p. 8). 



Poland. Kielce and Rakolupy in the Government of Lublin ; near 

 Warsaw; near Lomze (Taczanoivsld). 



Turkey. By no means a common species in Central Bulgaria ; breeds 

 in the thickly wooded hills that border on the Pravidy Valley (Farman) ; 

 plentiful on the southern Danube (Dresser) ; common in Macedonia and 

 Bulgaria, numerous in February (Elwes ^ Buckley) ; very common on 

 the Bosphorus during migration (Alteon Sf Vian). 



Greece. Breeds in Attica from Corinth to Livadia, resident also in winter 

 {Lindermayer) ; breeds in the Cyclades, leaving in winter (Erhardt) ; 

 Ionian Islands (Lilford). 



Southern Russia. Steppes of Bessarabia (Nordmann) ; Crimea [?] (Nord- 

 mann) ; Tiflis (Radde). Sabanaeff did not meet with it in the southern 

 Ural. 



Asia Minor. Xanthns (Fellows); " only of very rare occurrence near 



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