b SOCIABLE VULTURE. 



lower part of the body long, acuminated, and curved like 

 the blade of a sword. Thighs and legs covered with 

 white and brown down; tail tapering; beak ochre yellow 

 at the base, brownish at the tip; iris chesnut brown; 

 feet ashy yellow. 



Young birds, of a lighter tint, with the feathers of 

 the upper part of the body having a narrow border of 

 reddish grey, those of the under part not curved, deeply 

 bordered with reddish grey, not very near together, 

 allowing the white down to be perceived; head and 

 neck covered with a tufted brown down; thighs and 

 legs covered also with brown down, having some worn- 

 out or broken feathers behind; beak black; feet ash- 

 coloured. 



I have much pleasure in giving a figure of the 

 egg of this bird, the produce of a specimen now in 

 the possession of J. H. Gurney, Esq., M.P., of Catton 

 Hall, Norfolk, who has with his usual kindness sent 

 me a drawing of it, made by Mr. Reeve, of the Nor- 

 wich Museum. This Vulture was formerly in the 

 Surrey Zoological Gardens. The bird possesses the 

 usual fleshy folds on the neck. The egg is white, with 

 rufous markings clustered round the thick end. The 

 longitudinal circumference is nine inches and a quarter, 

 the transverse eight inches and one eighth. It was 

 laid February 15th., 1859. I must again repeat my 

 thanks to Mr. Gurney, for this very interesting con- 

 tribution to zoology. 



This bird is not figured in Gould's "Birds of Europe." 

 There is a living specimen in the Gardens of the 

 London Zoological Society. 



