VULTURID.E. 



SUB-FAMILY I. 

 Gypaetin.e.'"' The Bearded Vuliure.s. 



Gen. Charac— Head and neck completely clothed with feathers ; cereoftht 

 base of the upper mandible entirely hidden by projecting bristles. 



Fig. S.— the lammer geyer. 

 (Gypuetos harhatus ) 



The type of this siib-faniily — 



The Bearded Vulture {Gypaetos-\- harhatus), well known 

 on the continent of Europe as the Lammer Geyer, or 

 Lamb Vulture, is the largest of the birds of prey found 



* Tt will be observed, that wliile the Families of Birds are desig- 

 nated by the Greek patronymic idiv, the Sub-families are distin- 

 guished by the diminutive ino;. 



t yv-^, gyps, a vulture ; diToc, aetos, an eagle; Eagle-Vulture. 



