VULTVRIDJE. 5 



5, Gyps Kolbii (Baud.). South-African Griffon- Vulture. 



Le Chassejiente, Levaillant's Ois. d'Afr. pi. 10. 



Gyps fulvm, Layard's Cat. No. 6. 



Oyps Kolbii, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 9. 



VuUur fulvus (part.), Finsch & Hartlaub's Vogel Ost-Afrika's, p. 1. 



This Vulture is sparingly found in Damara Land. I 

 have chiefly observed it in the vicinity of the sea, above 

 Oosop rocks on the lovper course of the Swakop River. 



[I have had some hesitation in treating this Vulture, which is 

 evidently the southern representative of Gyps fulvus, as speci- 

 fically distinct from its more northern congener, from which 

 however, it constantly differs in being less fulvous when in imma- 

 ture plumage, and also in having its head and neck less com- 

 pletely clothed with downy hairs and plumelets — differences 

 which may perhaps suffice to constitute a specific distinction. 



I have seen specimens from various parts of South Africa, but 

 have not personally examined one from Damara Land. — Ed.] 



6. Gyps Riippelli, Bon. Eiippell's Griffon- Vulture. 



Vzdiur Kolbii, Riippell's Atlas Reiae nord. Afr. pi. 32. 



Gyps vulgaris, Layard's Cat. No. 7. 



Gyps Riippellii, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 12. 



[Mr. Andersson's last collection contained a Vulture of this 

 species shot in Ondonga, Ovampo Land, on the 14th November, 

 1866.— -Ed.J 



FALCONID^. 



7. Aquila VUlturina, Baud. Verreaux's Eagle. 



Aquila Verreauxii, Des Murs, Zool. de la Voyage en Abyssinie, pi. 5. 



„ „ Layard's Cat. No. 13. 



Pteroaetus vulturina, Gray's Hand-list of Birds, No. 98. 



This Eagle nests in Little Namaqua Land on lofty 



