3. PSEtTDOGYPS. II 



I have not had an opportunity of examiniug the foUowinn- 

 species: — ""'"o 



6. Gyps pallescens. 

 Gyps indicus, JIume, Ruuqh Notes, i. p. 21 (1869) 

 Cxjps pallescens, Rmne, Utr. F. i. p. 150 (1873). 



" I have some reasons for believin- that the Subhimalavan Thiu- 

 Mled ^ ulture, which seems always to breed on trees (Hod-son's 

 (?.^e,Hac.^. as his drawings clearly prove), at aU times apparently 

 a darker bird, is distinct from our ' plains ' species, which always 

 breeds on clills, the adult of which is very pale. If this be so, then 

 It remains to make certain whether Scopoli's name of indicus really 

 apphes to our bird, which is apparently doubtful. If not, the bfrd 

 described by me wdl need a name, and may perhaps stand as G 

 pallescens, nobis." (Hume, I. c.) -^ i i ''o ^^ 



If the difference between these Thin-billed Vultures should turn 

 out to be of specific vahie, the bird here described by Mr Hume 

 must surely be the true Vrdiur indicus, as far as Sonnerat's descrip- 

 tion and figure will aUow us to determine, and the Himalayan bird 

 will stand as G. tenmrostris, Hodgs. 



3. PSEUDOGYPS. 



Pseudogyps, Sharpe, Ann. N. H. (4) xi. p. 133 (1873). Type. 



Ps. bengalensis. 

 Range. Indian peninsula and Malacca; i\.E. Africa, Senegal. 



Key to the Sjiecies. 

 Black : crop-patch black i , ■ , , 



1. Pseudogyps bengalensis. 

 Bengal Vulture, Lath. Gen. Syn. i. pt. 1, p. 19 pll (1781) 

 lilt ur bengalensis, Gm. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 24.5 (1788) • J E Grau 

 Ill^nd. Zool. pi. 1.5. fig. 1 (1830); hd. 3/^. P^.'/'/ult ^8 



Vultur leucocephalus, var. /3, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 3 (1790) 

 Le Changouu, Levadl. Ois. d'Afr. i. p. 50, pi. 11( 17.J9) ^' 

 ^ ultur changouu, Baud. Trade, ii. p. 14 (IbOO, ex LemiUX 

 Lhangoun \ ulture, Lath. Gen. S,/n. Suppl. ii. p. 1.3 (1801) 



^ ultur indus. Less, in Belamj. Voij. Zool. p. 211 (1834) 



Gyps bengalensis, G. R. Gnu,, Gm. of B. i. p. 6 (1844) • 0„,, Cm 



Vl ■ 7^;' ^ '^-c ^' ^^^""'''^ "'^- ^- -'^"*- ^- I- ^o- i- P- 4 (1854) • 



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Pseudogyps bengalensis, Sharpe, Ann. N. H. (4) xi. p. 133 (1873). 



