1. VUlItTB. g 



1. Vultur monachus. 



i^e Vautour noir, Bnss. torn. cit. p. 4.57 (1760) 



l^e \ autoiir d'Arabie, 7i/-/*-«. to;«. cit. Suppl. p. 29 (1700) 



lis : ^r- -/f'ri ^ "'e ^^"'- f "•^•- P- 1 (1840)1' i^;,. C'JL;,. i. jf ll 



JPJ; S2^fi^^^t^J^a^^'^-^^^'p-^o9 



Ai-abiau Vulture, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. p. 8 (1781) 

 tinereous ^'ulture, Z«<^. Gen. Sijn. i. p. 14 (1781) 

 Black ^ ulture, Lath. Gen. Sijn. i. p. 10 ( ] 781 ) 



f p 7T"n«m ■• V"- ' P.l^' L- Jf^^ i ^'^^^- «• "^''^^^ ^-''^'-^• 



V.P' ? ?r . (1810) ; 7>;hw. Ar««. </'0m. i. p. 4 (1820) • Nmrni Vfin 

 (182/ ) ; Brehm J or,. Deutschl. p. 8, pi. 2. fig. 1 (1831 ) • Gould B 



P- ifj; ^'^«> -^^ o/'-E^'/A 1. p. 7 (18GG). ' ' 



Le Lhincou, Levai'll. Ois. d'Afr. i. pi. 12 (1799) 

 ^ ultur chiucou, Baud Traite, ii. p. 12 (1800, ex Levaill.). 

 \ u tur vulgaris, Baud. torn. at. p. 17 (1800). 

 _\ ultur arrianus, Baud. torn. cit. p. 18 (1800) 



a^of^'^.^«"f ?f'«- f P; 17 (1800); X/./,^. Verz. Doubl. p. 62 



(l^.:;.J) Vieill. et Oudart, Gal. Ois i ti 4 nl 1 l^fi')K\ »^i 



roff. Benlschl. p. 9 (1831). ^^ ' ^ ^ ^^^ ' ^'■'^^"'' 



^gypius niger, &i;(V/;.y, .S;y*-<. Ois. d'Eg,,pte, p. 237 (1809) 



Gyps cinereus^^. Comp. List B. Eur.'^-N.km. p. 2 (1838) • Reus 



4- Bias. Tf irb. Eur. p. 133 (1840) (.j-ooo;, jiej/s. 



^gypius ciuereus, Bp. Cat. Met. Ucc. Europ. p. 17 (1842) 

 Polypteryx anereus, Hodys. in Gray's Zool. Misc. p. 81 (1844) • Blulh 

 Ann. N. H. xui. p. 115 (1844). k-^o-±*; , /J/y//j, 



Adult Entirely black, with chocolate -brown reflections • crop- 

 patch black ; head covered with thick velvety down, collectino to- 

 sTI's of ? ''''^'^' and forming there a conspicuous p'atch ; d7wn on 

 sides of face more bri«tly, especiaUy on the lores abov'e the eve 

 and on the cheeks the down is rather more silky, and produced in a 

 coiipleof elongated tufts ; aU the rest of the Ld and neck both 

 behind and laterally is bare, of a Hvid flesh-colour in lilV ch n 

 covered with bristly down, becoming scantier on the throa mi the 

 lower part of which is a small projecting tuft of feathei. bill black 

 feet yellowish ; iris dark brown*. Total length abou 42 inSieV 

 culmen 3-3, wing about 30, tarsus 4. ' 



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