VULTURID. Br 
THE GRIFFON-VULTURE. 
Gyrs FULVuS (J. F. Gmelin). 
In the spring of 1843 a bird of this species (presumably gorged 
or injured) was caught alive on the rocks near Cork Harbour, 
and is preserved in the collection at Trinity College, Dublin. It 
was described by Thompson as being in adult plumage ; but, after 
examination, I have no hesitation in saying that it is immature. 
There is no other instance of the capture of this Vulture in the 
British Islands; but an eminently cautious ornithologist, who’ is 
familiar with Griffons, informed me that some years since he had 
watched one soaring near Southampton Water. 
The Griffon-Vulture was obtained near Utrecht in Holland about 
1830 ; while it has been observed on several occasions in Normandy, 
