THE GRIFFON VULTURE. THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE. gI 
Fanily—VULTURIDAE. Subfamily—GYPS. 
GRIFFON VULTURE. 
Gyps fulvus, J. F. GMELIN. 
[* the spring of 1843 an immature example of this large Vulture, common in 
the south of Spain, etc., was caught alive on the rocks near Cork Harbour. 
Family—VULTURIDA:. Subfamily—NE OPHRON. 
EGYPTIAN VULTURE. 
LVeophron percnopterus, LINN. 
HIS, a much smaller species, also common in the south of Spain and Africa, 
has twice been noted in England. Two were seen, both young birds, at 
Kilve, on the coast of West Somerset, in October, 1825, and one was obtained ; 
they were feeding at the time on a dead sheep. Another was killed September 
28th, 1868, in a farm-yard at Peldon, Essex, to which it had been attracted by 
the blood of some geese. 
