Himalayan and Kashmiri Birds 



bird is sitting, renders the identification of 

 the bird easy. There is some white in the 

 wings, visible only during flight. On the wing 

 the white appears as a very broad band running 

 from the body nearly to the tips of the wing, 

 so that the wings look white with broad 

 black edges. 

 This bird occurs at most Himalayan stations. 



149. Neophron fercnopterus : The Large 

 White Scavenger Vulture. F. 1198, J. 6, +V, 

 about the size of a kite. W. K. 



Plumage sullied white, except tips of wings 

 which are shabby black. Bare skin of head 

 yellow. Neck sparsely covered with sullied 

 pale yellow feathers, which do not lie flat. 

 Legs yellow. Bill grey. 



As this vulture waddles along it is a revolting- 

 looking bird. When saihng through the air 

 on outstretched wings, this vulture looks well, 

 and the wings are then seen to be white 

 margined with black. The end of the wing 

 is rounded and not cut up into fingers like 

 that of the wing of the white-backed vul- 

 ture. 



This bird is fairly common in the Kashmir 

 valley and at most Western Himalayan stations. 



150. Gypaetus barhatus : The Lammergeyer 



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