2 BIRDS OF DAMARA LAND. 



[Mr. Andersson, in a note to p. 22 of his work entitled ' Lake 

 Ngami/ says that he has seen this Vulture feed on the fruit 

 of a wild gourd found near the coast of Damara Land, and 

 called " Naras.-" 



I have not myself seen a Damara example of this Vxilture, 

 but the species is too well known to admit any doubt as to its 

 identification. — Ed .J 



2. Neophron pileatus (Buroh.). Pileated Vulture. 



Cathartes monachm, Temminck's PI. Col. pi. 222. 

 Neophron pileatus, Layard's Cat. No. 3. 



„ „ Finsch & Hartlaub's Yogel Ost-AJrika's, p. 37. 



This species is not so common as the preceding one 

 in Damara Land, but becomes more numerous as one 

 approaches the Orange River. Its habits are similar to 

 those of N. percnopterus, and it is comparatively fearless 

 where it is not disturbed. I have observed it single and 

 also in small families. 



[Mr. Andersson's identification of this species is confirmed by 

 an excellent coloured drawing from the pencil of Mr. Baiues ; 

 but I have not personally had the opportunity of examining 

 a Damara specimen. 



If BurchelFs description of his Vultur pileatus, given in his 

 ' Travels in South Africa/ vol. ii. p. 195, was really intended to 

 apply to this species, it is not very accurate, as has been already 

 pointed out by a subsequent author, vide Blanford's ' Geology 

 and Zoology of Abyssinia,' p. 287, note. — Ed.] 



3. Otogyps anricTllaris, Daud. Sociable Vulture. 



L'Oricou, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 9. 

 Otogyps auricularis, Layard'a Cat. No. 6. 



This is the commonest Vulture in Damara and Great 

 Namaqua Land, and is also found in all the parts border- 



