GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE ACCIPITRES. 17 



in the Sulimans than in any other part of India which I have 

 visited. This was probably due to the fact of the absence or ex- 

 treme rarity of any of the true Vultures " (Str. F. 1875, p. 205). 



Not uncommon in Kattiawar, but somewhat locally distributed 

 {Lloyd). 



Occurs in the N.W. Himalayas, and is common in the large stations up 

 to at least 9000 feet elevation {Jerdon, Ibis, 1871, p. 237). 



Between Simla and Mussoorie ; not common. I did not see more than a 

 dozen together at all heights (Tytler, Ibis, 1871, p. 194). 



Breeds at Murree ; a nest found in a cliff in May, with two fresh eggs, at 

 an elevation of about 4000 feet {Cock Sf Marshall, S. F. 1873, p. 349). 

 Noticed this species as high as Danguli between Mussoorie and Gangaotri 

 (Brooks, S. F. 1875, p. 228). Nepaul (Hodgson); in great numbers 

 in Oudh and Kumaon ; frequently seen in Kumaon, and is common at 

 Nynee Tal and Almora; seldom, if ever, seen near Calcutta (Irby). 



Abundant on the plains of India; rare and accidental below the tideway 

 of the rivers in Lower Bengal (Blyth); common in villages in Chota Nag- 

 pur, especially about those of the untidy aborigines (Ball, S. F. 1874, 

 p. 377). Whardha valle}^ ; breeding in a cliff at the side of the Whardha 

 river on April 14 ; again on a tree on May 2 (Blanford) ; Y)QCC3in(Sykes); 

 Travancore (Elwes). 



Ceylon. One specimen at Newara Elba (Vincent Legge, S. F. 1875, 

 p. 195). 



14. Neophron pileatfs. (Map IX.) 



N. pileatus (Burch.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 18. 



South Africa. Not found in the colony (Layard); but few seen in Natal 

 (Ayres); not common in Damara Land, but becomes mor« numerous 

 towards the Orange river (Andersson) ; universal in the Zambesi region 

 (Kirk). 



W. Africa. River Gambia (Bravo); Raffisque, Senegal (Marche); 

 Bissao (Pimenta, Mus. Lisb.); Sierra Leone (Ussker, Marche); very com- 

 mon on the Gold Coast (Ussher) ; Aguapim (Riiss); mountains of Agua- 

 pim at Aburi, also on the Wuri, Cameroons (Reichenow). Reichenow is 

 surprised to find that Ussher mentions this Vulture as being common 

 at Cape Coast, since he did not meet with it at Accra and other places 

 on the Gold Coast (J. f. 0. 1874, p. 384) ; Shelley and Buckley, how- 

 ever, record it as abundant at Cape-Coast Castle all the year round, 

 being never molested ; but they also note its absence near Accra (Ibis, 

 1872, p. 292); River Volta ( C7ssAer) ; Lagos (Ussher); river Niger 

 (Baikie); S. Thomas (hopez de Lima). 



N.-E. Africa. In N.-E. Africa northwards to 14° or 17° N. lat. ; in 

 southern Arabia, Samhar, and the mountains of tlie Beni Amer, com- 

 moner than N. percnopterus on the White Nile (Hetiglin) ; breeds on the 

 Blue Nile in December (A. Brehm); Senaar (Kotschy, Vierthaler); Shoa 

 (Harris); Keren, Bogos (Antinori Sf Beccari^ br eeds near Massowa 



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