WHITE NEOPHRON. 



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two rows of cream-coloured sharp-pointed feathers. Greater 

 coverts umber-brown, varied wdth cream white. Secondaries 

 pale umber-brown, their tips and margins yellowish- white. 

 Quills black. Tail cuneiform, umber-brown at the base, the 

 tip yellowish- white. Upper parts mixed with umber-brown. 

 Legs strong and fleshy, of a pale yellowish-grey. The tarsi 

 covered with a rough reticulated skin : the middle toe with 

 four entire scales upon the last phalange ; the exterior and inte- 

 rior each w^ith three ; hinder toe short and strong. Claws 

 blackish-brown, strong, but not greatly arched. Its sex unfor- 

 tunately was not ascertained. From the above description it 

 would appear that this individual had not acquired its ma- 

 ture plumage, which, in the perfect adult, is of an uniform 

 white, except the greater quills, which are black, and in which 

 state it is recognised as the Vultur ginginianus of Latham and 

 other authors." 



