202 BIRDS OF EUROPE AND NORTH AFRICA 



dark striped ; undcrp.irts white, sometimes striped dark brown 

 on throat and breast. Bill horn black. Cere greyish blue. Legs 

 and feet pale lead colour. Iris yellow (brown in young). Wing 

 S 450-495, ? 470-510. Tarsus 58-69. r>ill from cere 30-35 (W.). 

 Breeds. — Continental Europe from far north, N. and more 

 rarely C. Russia, Spain, Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia, 

 Greece, N.W. Africa, Canary Islands, Egypt ; and in N. Asia 

 to Pacific and in S.W. Asia ; in many parts of Europe extinct 

 as breeding, c.i^. Britain, Holland, Belgium, France, Austria, 

 Rumania. Migrates ; winters in tropical Africa. 



Gypabtus. 



Head feathered ; nostrils and cere concealed by bristles ; 

 tuft of bristles on chin ; carrion-eaters of solitary habits, 

 inhabiting mountain districts; nest in cliffs; eggs yellowish 

 orange, sometimes blotched with reddish brown. 



Gypaetus barbatus barbatus(L.). Bearded Vulture. 

 Ger. Lammergeier. 



(J 9 Above black, greyish on quills ; crown and neck rufous 

 cream, hind neck reddish buff, line across forecrown, patch over 

 eye, lores and bristles black ; beneath deep rust colour, occasion- 

 ally a few black feathers on throat, axillaries and tail with buff 

 shaft lines. Bill bluish horn with black tip. Legs and feet 

 plumbeous. Iris orange, sclerotic blood red. Tail 12 feathers, 

 wedge-shaped. Wing 715-790. Bill from cere 48-50 (H.). 

 Young : head and neck black, some chestnut tips on throat ; 

 beneath browner. 



Resident. — N.W. Africa ; Atlas of Morocco, Algeria and Tunis. 



G. barbatus grandis Storr. Larger, with numerous black 

 feathers on throat ; a patch of feathers on each side of breast 

 has dark brown edges, they sometimes almost meet in middle. 

 Wing 760-860 (H.). 



Resident. — S. Europe ; Spain, Pyrenees, Alps, Corsica, Balkans, 

 Greece ; east through Asia Minor to Caucasus, and also farther 

 east in Asia ; Egypt. Extinct as a breeding bird in Sardinia and 

 Sicily, and rapidly becoming so in many other localities. 



