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NESTING IN WESTERN INDIA. 
3 bis—THE BAY VULTURE. 
Gyps fulvescens, Hume. 
The Bay Vulture occurs not uncommonly in the northern portion 
of the district, where it is a permanent resident, breeding during 
the months of January and February, making a huge platform stick 
nest, on a lofty tree, and laying a single white egg, which is larger 
than that of either the King or the White-backed Vultures. 
Baroda, 13th to 20th February, mostly young. H. Inttledale, Esq. 
4 bis—THE COMMON CLIFF VULTURE. 
Gyps pallescens, Hume. 
The Common Cliff Vulture occurs throughout the greater portion 
of the district, but has not as yet been recorded from Sind. They 
are permanent zesidents, but retire to the nearest suitable hills to 
breed during the cold season. They place their nests on ledges in 
the faces of almost inaccessible cliffs; they are both difficult and 
dangerous to get at, as in most cases a man has to be drawn up 
from below, or let down from above. The nests, although so hard 
to get at, are easily found, owing to the conspicuous patches of 
white on the cliffs near them; these patches are the accumulated 
droppings of the birds. The nest is a mere collection of grass or 
sticks ; the egg, there is only one, is usually a longish oval in shape, 
and is Katy unspotted greyish-white in colour, but is occasionally 
spotted with pale rusty-red and faint purplish-brown,. They vary 
enormously in size, but the average is 3-61 inches in length by 
about 2°71 in breadth. 
It is only of late years that this vulture has been discriminated, it 
having formerly been confounded with the Long-billed Brown 
Vulture, Gyps indicus, Scop., from which it differs in many respects. 
Khandesh, 23rd December to 5th January (ine. eggs and nestlings). 
J. Davidson, C8. 
. Nassick, 80th December. 9 ” ” 
Aboo, 27th December. H. Hi. Barnes. 
—THE WHITE-BACKED VULTURE. 
Pseudogyps bengalensis, Gm. 
The White-backed is the commonest of our Indian vultures, 
breeding in all parts of the country, from early in October to 
about the middle of December. They breed on lofty trees, in 
