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Type. 



Size. 



Characteristics. 



B. Very large to 

 medium. (The 

 Vultures). 



C. Very large (The 

 Lammergeyer) . 



a. Head and neck naked or covered with 

 down or partially covered with fur-like feathers 

 and down ; b. tarsi naked or upper portion cover- 

 ed with silky down. 



a. Head and neck fully covered with fea- 

 thers ; b. tarsi feathered to the toes ; f . beard 

 of black bristles depending from the chin. 



Key to Species in Types A, B & C. 



Type A. Pandion halicetus, The Osprey. The same as for Type above. 



,, B. Vultur monachus. Head and neck partially covered with 



The Cinereous black fur- like feathers ; tarsi covered with 



Vulture. dense silky down in front and at sides on 



upper portion , Nostril round : tail of 12' 



feathers. 



B. Otogyps calvus. 

 The Black Vul- 

 ture. 



Head and neck bare, fleshy wattles 

 depending from either side of the neck. 

 Nostril oval ; tail of 12 feathers. 



B. Gypsfulvus, '\ ^ ^ 

 The Griflon | W) I 



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B. 



Vulture. 



Gyps hima- 



layensis, 

 The Hima- 

 layan 

 Griffon. 



B. 



Gyps indi- 

 cus, The In- 

 dian Long- 

 billed vui- y^ 



ture . 



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B. Gyi)s tenui- 

 rbstris. The 

 Himalayan 

 Long-billed 

 Vulture. 



B. Pseudogyps 

 hengalensis, 

 The Indian 



• White-back- 

 ed Vulture. 



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Larger, wing 27" and over ; .3rd. primary 

 longest ; lower plumage with narrow shaft 

 stripes. Tail of 14 feathers. 



Wing over 27" ; 4th. primary longest ; lower 

 plumage with broad shaft stripes. Tail of 14 

 feathers. 



Smaller, wing 25^" ; crown of head 

 scattered hairs. Tail of 14 feathers. 



with 



Wing 25|" ; crown of head naked. Tail of 

 14 feathers. 



Tail of 1 2 feathers ; wing under 25". 



B. Neophron gingini- 

 anus, The Smaller 

 White Scavenger 

 Vulture. 



Bill yellow in adults ; length about 24 

 Nostril a narrow horizontal slit. 



