CATALOGUE. 
5 
GiDH, Hind., Hutton. 
CHANaouN, Dr. F. (B.) Hamilton, 
Lengta, Arracan, Blyth. 
A. B. Dukhun. Presented by Colonel Sykes. 
" The Bengal Vulture is a gregarious bird, to the full extent of the 
word, not only flying and feeding in flocks, but also building its nest 
in company." Lieutenant Hutton gives the following remarks on the 
nest and young of this vulture : — " On the 8th December, 1833, I 
found four vultures' nests in a large barkat-tree, near the village of 
Puttehgurh, on the road from Neemuch to Mhow. These nests were 
of great thickness, and were constructed of small branches and twigs, 
mixed with dead leaves ; three of them contained one egg each, of a 
large size, and quite white. The fourth nest was occupied by a 
solitary young one, just hatched, and thinly clad, or rather sprinkled 
over with a short down of an ashy colour. Near this tree were two 
others, on each of which were three or four similar nests ; but as 
they were difficult of access, I did not ascertain their contents. 
Deeming the little one too young to take from the nest, I ordered 
my servant, who had climbed the tree, to leave it there, and on the 
21st of the same month I returned to the spot, and finding the bird 
still in the nest, made a prize of it, and bore it away to my tent. 
The old vultures offered not the slightest resistance, but sat stupidly 
watching the robbery we were committing. On offering the young 
vulture raw meat, it fed greedily, and gave me reason to believe that 
it would be no difficult task to rear it, since it proved willing enough 
to feed. I was much surprised to see the little progress it had made 
in growth and plumage since I discovered it, a period of thirteen 
days, in which time most of the smaller birds would have been nearly 
ready to leave the nest, whilst my gluttonous friend had not even 
the smallest symptom of a feather. The whole bird was clothed with 
a light cinereous down, except on the neck, where it was partly bare, 
being in patches. It had no power to stand on its legs, owing to 
the great weight of the body. After feeding, or when hungry, it 
emitted a fractious peevish cry, like a sleepy child. When about three 
weeks old, the pale cinereous down gave place to one of a much 
darker colour, the head alone retaining its first clothing. At a 
month old, or thirty-three days from the time I first discovered it, 
the prime and secondary quills, greater wing-coverts, scapulars, tail 
feathers, and a few feathers on the upper part of the back, near the 
neck, made their appearance ; but their growth was extremely slow, 
