GEOGBAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ACCIPITEES. 7 



Greece. Jie&ident {Lindermayer); abundant inEpirus(Li//brrf) ; Athens 

 {Merlin) ; numerous near Missolonghi ; breeds at Mount Varassoro and in 

 the Klissouras of Aracj'nthus (Hwc^/ei'^ore). 



Crete (J. H. Gurney). 



Syria. Beyrout {Lauretta). 



Palestine. Common all over the country ; plentiful in the hill-country 

 of Judjea, and observed breeding in some ravines near the Dead Sea 

 {Tristram). 



Egypt. Plentifully distributed throughout Egypt and Nubia {Shelley). 



Tunis. Not noticed in this regency {Salvin) ; occurs here and in Fez 

 {Von Heuglin). 



Algeria. Throughout the country (Loche); first seen at Souk Harras ; 

 several pairs also seen at Djebel Dekma and at " Khifan, Msakta ;" 

 very plentiful at Kef Laks and in the neighbourhood {Salvin) ; Laghouat 

 (J. H. Gurney, jun.); Sahara {Tristram). 



Morocco. Common at Tetran {Drake) ; occurs commonly in Tangier, 

 both as a resident and on passage {Favier). " I did not see many Griffons 

 in Morocco j but there were a few near Jebel Moosa in April " {Irby). 



Central Africa {Denham, Mus. Brit.). 



Ethiopian Region. 



N.E. Africa. Resident along the coast of the Red Sea to 16° N. lat. ; 

 the whole of Egypt and Nubia ; Abyssinia to 12,000 feet; singly in Kor- 

 dofan, and on the Lower Blue and White Niles {Von Heuglin) ; Senafe in 

 April ; common in the Abyssinian highlands {Jesse); common in Samhar 

 and on the Barka {Antinori). A species called the "Ai'med Vulture " is 

 mentioned by Browne in his 'African Travels,' and is said to be extremely 

 frequent in the country of Darfur, where it flies about in thousands (cf. 

 * Discoveries in Africa,' p. 441, 1849). This is perhaps the Griffon. 



Arabia. Near Akabah, Peninsula of Sinai {Wyatt). 



Persia. Plentiful in the mountainous parts and at Demavend (De Filippi)^ 

 Southern Persia (Blanford). 



Turkestan (Severtzoff). Dr. Severtzoff, one of the keenest ornitholo- 

 gical observers 1 have ever met, seems to consider the Turkestan Griffon 

 distinct ; for he proposed the name of G. rutilans for it at one time {cf. 

 J. f. O. 1870, p. 382 &c.). 



Indian Region. 



India. Mr. Hume has named the Griffon of India Gyps fulveseens, on 

 account of its persistent bay colour; and I must say that the specimens in 

 the Museum bear evidence of its distinctness. Taking into considera- 

 tion the above observations of Dr. Severtzoff, the Indian Griffon (which, 

 like G. himalayensis and Otogyps calvus, doubtless finds its way to Tur- 

 kestan) is most probably distinct. Mr. Hume says, " I have found this 

 bird very common throughout the Punjaub, Northern Rajpootana, and the 

 north-western provinces, north and west of Etawah ; and Colonel Tytler 



