The Griffon Vulture. The Egyptian Vulture, 9> 



Family— VUL rUJUPyE. Subfamily— G VPS. 



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Griffon Vulture. 



Gyps fulvus, J. F. GmELIN. 



N tlie spring of 1843 an immature example of this large Vulture, common in 

 the south of Spain, etc., was caught alive on the rocks near Cork Harbour. 



Family— VUL TURID^. Subfamily— NEOPHRON. 



Egyptian Vulture. 



NeopJiron percnoptcrns, LiNN. 



THIS, a much smaller species, also common in the south of Spain and Africa, 

 has twice been noted in England. Two were seen, both young birds, at 

 Kilve, on the coast of West Somerset, in October, 1825, and one was obtained ; 

 they were feeding at the time on a dead sheep. Another was killed September 

 28th, 1868, in a farm-3'ard at Peldon, Essex, to which it had been attracted b}- 

 the blood of some geese. 



