L2 ME. K. B. SUAEPE ON THE 



the Transvaal (Ayres) ; originally obtained in the Bechuana country by 

 Burchell ; not a very common species from Natal to the Matabili country 

 (T. E. Buckley); near the Seko-kaama Hill, the Koppes, S.W. of Lake 

 Ngami, March 2, 1862 {Baines) : " I do not remember to have met with 

 this fine Vulture in Damara Land, but have observed it, though only at a 

 distance on a few occasions, in Great Namaqua Land " (Andersson). 



10. Otogtps aueiculakis. (Map YII.) 



O. AURicuLARis (Baud.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 13. 



Hab. S, Africa; pretty generally distributed in South Africa (Lay ar(^) ; 

 breeding near Beaufort in August (Jackson); Natal (Ayres); Transvaal 

 (Ayres); Modder river, near Bloemfontein, Orange Free State (Exton); 

 the commonest Vulture in Damara and Great Namaqua Lands, and also 

 found in all the parts bordering those countries (Andersson) ; probably in 

 the Zambesi (Kirk). 



N.E. Africa. Not found in Northern Egypt, but in the middle and 

 southern provinces tolerably plentiful ; common in Nubia, Northern Kor- 

 dofan and Senaar ; in Takah and the whole of Abyssinia up to 12,000 feet 

 in the latter country — in the district of the middle and upper White Nile 

 apparently entirely absent — on the Red-Sea coast seemingly only of acci- 

 dental occurrence (Heuglin); met with on the highlands of Abyssinia at con- 

 siderable elevations, and occasionally seen in the Anseba valley at lower 

 levels (Blanford) ; Shoa (Harris, Mus, Brit.) ; Khartoum (Vierthaler) ; 

 Senaar (Reitz, Mus. Wien). 



W. Africa. Cape-Verd peninsula, Senegal (Marche). Cf. Bouvier, 

 Cat. p. 2. 



JV. Africa. Sahara; constant resident, though in limited numbers (Tw- 

 tram) ; breeds to the S.W. of Biskra, remains all the year round in the 

 district between the Mzab country and the oasis of Wai-egha, lat. 32° N. 

 (Tristram) ; probably to be found in the southern part of Morocco 

 (Irby). 



Palestine. Mount Lebanon (Mus. Marseilles). 



Europe. Once near Aries, S. France (Jaubert Sf Barthelemy-Lapomme- 

 raye). The same gentlemen state that it has once nested in Spain. The 

 Norwich Museum has a specimen said to have been killed in Greece (cf. 

 Gurney, Cat. Rapt. B. p. 58). 



N.B. It will be seen that I have treated all the eared Vultures 

 of Africa as being of one species, the only specific difference being 

 the greater amount of wattled skin on the sides of the bare neck 

 in South-African specimens. Dr. Exton has some remarks 

 on this subject (Cape Monthly Mag. 1875, p. 259), and considers 

 that the preparation of the skin has much to do with the appear- 

 aJice of the birds when preserved. 



