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TDLTURIDiE. 



a few whitish feathers in front of the eye ; chest bare ; bill pale 

 horny brown ; feet and legs yellowish white ; irides red or reddish 



length 



25 inches, culmen 2-8, -wing 19-2, tail 10, 



brown. Total 

 tarsus 3'5. 



young. Blackish brown, the feathers tipped with folvous. As 

 the bird progresses in age the interscapulars and wing-coverts become 

 more or less of an ochre colour, thence changing into the white of 

 the adult. 



JIc(b. The same as that of the genus, occurring probably in N.W. 

 India, but its eastern range undetermined. 



a. Ad. st. Aries. 



b, c. Juv. st. Aries. 



d. Juv. sk. France. 



e. f? ad. sk. Gennesareth. 

 /. Juv. St. Africf.. 



f/. Ad. st. Egj'pt. 



>(. 2 ad. sk. Zoulla, Jan. 20, 1868. 



i. 2 imm. sk. Senafe, June 13, 1868. 



Baron Laugier de Chartrouse. 

 Baron Laugier de Chartrouse. 

 Baron Laugier de Chartrouse. 

 Canon Tristram [C.]. 



5 



St. 



ad. 



sk. 



Angollala, Shoa. 

 AngoUaLa, Shoa. 



/, 7)1. Skeleton. 

 n. Skeleton. 

 0. Skeleton. 

 ;;. Sternum. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. [CI 

 W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 

 [Cf. Blanford, ;. c.l 

 Sir W. C. Hams [C.]. 

 Sir W. C. Harris [C.]. 

 [Cf. Horsf. & Moore, /.o.] 

 Purchased. 

 Zoological Society. 



W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



2. Neophron ginginianus. 



Vautoiu- de Gingi, Sonn. Voxj. Ind. Or. ii. p. 184 (1782). 



Gingi Vulture, Lath. Gen. Spi, Siippl. p. 7 (1787) ; id. Gen. Hist. B. 



i. p. 27, pi. 5 (1821). 

 Vultur ginginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 7 (1790) ; Daud. Traiti, ii. 



p. 20 (1800) ; Bmm. et Vieill. Enc. Meth. iii. p. 1169 (1823). 

 Neophron percnopterus, Blyth, Ann. N. H. xiii. p. 115 (1844) ; Hor.tf. 



6f 3Ioore, Cat. B. Mas. E. I. Co. i. p. 6 (1854) ; Jerd. B. of Ind. i. 



p. 12 (1862) ; Brooks, Ibis, 1869, p. 43 ; Jerd. Ibis, 1871, p. 236. 

 Neophron ginginianus, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 233 ; TytJer, Ibis, 1866, 



p. 194 ; Gray, Hand-l. of B. i. p. 4 (1869) ; Hume, Rough Notes, i. 



p. 31 (1869). 



Exactly similar to the foregoing, but smaller ; bill yellow ; wings 

 not reaching to the tail. Total length about 21 inches, culmen 2*9, 

 wing 15"5, tail 9-5, tarsus 3-4. 



Hah. Indian peninsula ; probably coexistent with N. percnopterus 

 in N.W. India. 



Ad. St. 

 Imm. St. 



India. Major-General T. Hardwicke [P.]. 



Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [C] 



3. Neophron pileatus. 



Vultur pileatus, Burchell, Trav. ii. p. 195 (1824). 

 Neophron carunculatus. Smith, S. Afr. Q. Jotirn. i. p. 17 (1829). 

 Neophron pileatus. Gray, Gen. of B. i. p. 3 (1844) ; Cass. Cat. VuU. 

 Phil. Mm. p. 3 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 11 (1850) ; Schl. Mus. P.- 



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