Gen. VII. iEGYPIUS Savigny (1809). 

 Nostrils rounded. 



Size large, length 42 in. ; ])lumage blackish 



brown ; ruff of feathers round hind neck. 

 7. JEgijpius monachus (Linn)., S.N., i., p. 122 S.E. Europe, 



(1766). N.E. Africa, 



Cinereous Vulture C. Asia to 



India & 

 China. 



Gen. VIII. GYPS Savigny (1809). 

 Nostrils perj)endicular, rather oval ; tail with 14 feathers 



Size large, length 40 in. ; plumage stone-buff ; 

 neck ruff of white dowai ; head with white 

 down. 

 8. Gyjjs fulvus fulvus (Gmel.). S.N., i., p. 249 

 (1788). 

 Griffon Vulture. 



Plumage paler and more isabelline reddish. 

 8a. Gijps fulvus fulvescens Hume, Ibis. 1869, 

 p. 356. 

 Indian Griffon. 



Paler than G. fulvus fulvus, especialty below, 

 and shaft stripes nearly obsolete. 

 8b. Gtjps fulvus kolbi (Daud.), Traite, ii., p. 15 

 (1800). 

 Kolbe's Griffon. 



Plumage above isabelline whitish ; below light 

 buff with broader Avhitish shaft stripes. 

 9. Gyjjs Jimialai/ensis Hume, Roush Notes, i., 

 p. 14 (1869).*^ 

 Himalayan Griffon. 



S. Europe, 

 (ace. Britain), 

 N. Africa, 

 Arabia, 

 Palestine. 



N.W. India, 



Himalayas, 



Afghanistan 



S. Africa, 

 N. to Zam- 

 besi and 

 Damaraland. 



Turkestan, 

 Himalayas, 

 Thibet.' 



Dowii on head yellow ; plumage above blackish 

 brown with whitish edgings ; below creamy 

 buff ; crop-patch dark brown. 

 1(1. Gyps rnep])elli rnejypdli (Brehm), Naum.. 1852, N.E. Africa, 

 heft 3, p. 44. Abyssinia, 



Pvueppell's Vulture. N.Nigeria, 



Senegambia. 



