OKOGRiVPHICAL DISTRIBUTIOIT OV THE ACCIPTTEEa. 11 



7. PSEUDOGTPS BEIS-GALEXSIS. (Map V.) 



P. BENGALENSis (Gm.); Sharpe, Cat, B. i. p. 11. 



Hab. The commonest Vulture in India ; in immense numbers ail over 

 the country, extending into Assam and Burmah (Jerdon). Caudahar 

 (Hufton); commonest Vulture in Kattiawar (Lloyd); very plentiful both 

 on the hills and in the plains near Mount Aboo and Northern Guzerat 

 (Butler); common all over Rajpootana, the North-west Provinces, and the 

 major portion of the Punjaub (^wwie); very common near the Sambhur 

 Lake ; " a great quantity of camels and bullocks which die near here 

 attract these birds in great numbers " (Adam) ; common throughout the 

 year in Oudh and Kumaon (Irby); Nepal (Hodgson); Ohota Nagpur 

 (Ball); Wardha valley near Chanda (jBZa?i/orc?j; Deccan. (SyJces); Travan- 

 core (Elwes); Burmah, often seen in great numbers, even in the suburbs 

 of large towns (Mason). " I noticed a few about Akyab only. It abounds 

 as much in Siam as in Bengal " (Blyth, B. Burma, p. 65). A specimen 

 received from Thayetmyo; occurs as far south, at any rate, as Tavoy 

 (Hume) ; Pabyouk, Tenasserim ; occasionally seen (Davison) ; Province 

 Wellesley (Cantor). 



8. PSEUDOGTPS AFRrCANTJS. (Map V.) 



P. AFRICANUS (Salvad.); Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 12. 



Hab. From the Soudan northwards to Chartoom ; "Western Abyssinia ; 

 Southern Kordofan and the districts of the White Nile and Gazelle River 

 (Von Heuglin, Antinori) ; Senaar (Kotscliy, Mus. Wien, cf. Pelz. Sitz. 

 z.-b. G. Wien, 1862, p. 130), Nubia (Baron Von Mueller, Mus. Stuttg., cf. 

 Calwer, Cat. p. 2). Senegal, Dakar (Marche, of. Bouvier, Cat. p. 5, 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 13). S.W. Africa; Humbe on the Cunene river 

 (Anchieta, cf. Bocage, Jorn. Lisb. 1874, p. 47). 



9. LoPHOGTPs OCCIPITALIS. (Map VI.) 



L. OCCIPITALIS (Burch.); Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 15. 



Hab. N.E. Africa. It affects only the wooded districts of the equato- 

 torial north-east, the Abyssinian coast-land, the districts of Bogos and 

 Maria, Central Abyssinia, Senaar, Southern Kordofan, and the countries 

 about the White Nile and Gazelle River westwards as far as Kosanga. It 

 wanders more rarely into the southernmost parts of Nubia and Takah 

 and the Bisharim steppes ; it is not rare near Massowa ; not observed 

 in Somali Land (Heuglin). Senaar (Kotschy, Mus. Wien). Nubia 

 (Clot-Bey, Mus. Lugd.). Mansura, Barka river, Anseba river, Keren, 

 Bogos Land (Antinori 8f Beccari). W. Africa. Senegal (Mus. Lugd.). 

 Bissao (Beaudouin, Calheiros). Fernand Vaz (Marche). S. Africa. Not 

 found within the limits of the Cape colony (Layard); rarest of the Vul- 

 tures in Natal (Ay res); plentiful near Kuruman (Chapman); breeds in 



