8 VtJLTUEID^. 



a. Juv. St. India. J. II. Reeves, Esq. [P.J. 



. " q. fP. 



P. 

 P. 

 P. 



b, c. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



d. Skeleton. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



€,f. Skulls. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



ff. Sternum. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. 



2. Gyps liimalayeiisis. 



Vultur iudicus, Tcmin. PL Cut. i. pi. 26 (1824) ; Grai/, Cat. Accipitr. 



1844, p. 3. 

 Gyps indic-us, Adams, P. Z. S. 1858, p. 4G8. 

 Vuitui- fulvus iudicus, Schl. 3Lis. P.-B. Viilt. p. 7 (1862). 

 Otogyps fulvus, Tytler, Ibis, 1868, p. 194. 

 Gvps himalayensis, Hume, Rough Notes, i. p. 14 (1869) ; Jerdon, Ibis, 



'1871, p. 235. 

 Gyps uivicola, Severtzow, Turkest. Jevotn. p. Ill, pi. vii. (1873). 



Adult. General colour pale creamy -whitish, with a little browner 

 shade on the interscapulary region ; lower back white, shading into 

 pale creamy fawn-colour on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; wing- 

 coverts a little paler and more creamy than the back, greater series 

 dark brown, externally washed with ashy and tipped with fulvous ; 

 quUls black, the secondaries brownish, the innermost inclining to ful- 

 vous towards the tip ; tail black, with a brownish shade ; ruff round 

 the neck whitish, the feathers rather filamentous ; under surface pale 

 creamy white, the flank-feathers and under tail-coverts washed with 

 pale fawn-colour, giving the appearance of very pale whitish streaks, 

 these, however, being nearly obsolete on the under surface ; crop- 

 patch whitish fawn-colour ; cere pale brown ; biU very pale horny 

 green, dusky at tip ; legs dingy greenish gTey or white. Total 

 length about 42 inches, cubnen 3-6; wing 31, tail 15, tarsus 4-8, 

 middle toe 5'4. 



Toung. Totally different from the adult, and resembling that of 

 G. indicus or Fs. benrjaJensis. Entii-e plumage dark chocolate-brown, 

 with central streaks of paler brown, those on the ruff and under sur- 

 face being lighter, more fulvesceut, and consequently more distinct. 



Hah. Himalayas from Cabool to Bootan ; Turkestan. 



a. Juv. st. India. Zoological Society. 



h. Ad. St. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, E'sq. [P.]. 



' e, d. Imm. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



3. Gyps kolbl. ( Plate I.) 



Le Chasse-fiente, Levnill. Ois. d'Afr. i. p. 44, pi. 10 (1799). 



Vultur kolbii, Daud. Traite, ii. p. 15 (1800, e.v Levaill.) ; Lath. Lid. 



Orn. Suppl. ii. p. 1 (1801). 

 Vultm- fulvus. Smith, 8. Afr. Q. Journ. i. p. 11 (1830). 

 Vultur indicus, Cass. Cat. 'Vidt. Phil 3Ius. p. 2 (1849). 

 Gvps kolbii, Pp. Consp. i. p. 10(1850); Pek. Verh. z.-b. Wien, 1862, 



'p. 129; Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 2 (1869) ; Soiiza, Cat. Lisb. Mus. 



p. 30 ( 1869) ; Gio-neii in Anderss. B. Dam. L. p. 5 (1871). 

 Gyps fulvus, Gtirneii, Ibis, 1859, pp. 235, 236 ; Layard, B. of S. Afr. 



"p. 6 (1867) ; Gimieij, Ibis, 1868, p. 463; Ai/res, Ibis, 1869, p. 286; 



Layard, Ibis. 1860, p. 68. 

 Vultur fulvus kolbei, Schl. Mus. P.-B. Vult. p. 7 (1862). 



