298 ZOOLOGY. 



A rare bird on the Abyssinian highlands : I only saw- 

 it twice, and obtained one specimen. In the stomach 

 were locusts and lizards ; the latter, of which there were 

 at least a dozen, were all scinques of two species, Gongylus 

 ocellatus and Ewprepeis quinquetceniatus. 



The pace at which the Secretary bird can walk is 

 astonishing. The bird above mentioned, after being 

 wounded, walked away as fast as I could run after it. 



i8. Gypaetos meridionalis, Keys and Bias. 



Nisser or Golden Eagle, Bruce, vol. v. p. IS^; Nisser Werk on 



plate. 

 African Bearded Vulture, Salt, App. p. xli. 

 G. meridionalis, Keys and Bias. Wirb. Europas, p. ixvii. — Eiipp. 



Syst. Uebers. No. 1, t. 1.— Ferret et Gall. No. 1. 

 O. barbatus, Des Murs, p. 43. 

 G. barbatus meridiorMlis, Heugl. Om. N. 0. Afr. No. 9. 



Iris whitish yellow, outer circle of opaque scarlet, 

 feet pale olive. 



The Abyssinian Lammergeyer was occasionally but not 

 frequently seen at the base of the hiUs. It was more 

 common in the passes, and abundant on the highlands, 

 especially at all camps in the neighbourhood of crags. 

 In the summer months perhaps all keep to the highlands, 

 as none were seen on the Anseba in July or August. 



Abundant as these birds were around Senafe and 

 other places, I never saw them descend on carcases 

 like Vultures, but they appeared to search for small 

 fragments of offal, &c. around the camp ; and when so 

 doing, their whole habits and flight precisely resemble 

 those of a Kite. Indeed, so great is the resemblance 

 of this bird to a Kite, that I cannot help suspecting that 



