392 



VULTUKID^ 



LOPHOGYPS 



Ibis, 1869, p. 287; Giirney in Andersaon's B. Damamland, p. 4 



(1872). 

 Lophogyps occipitalis, Sharjje, Cat. B. M. i, p. 15 (1874) ; id. cd. 



Lcnjard's B. S. Afr. pp. 5, 793 (1875) ; Shdley, Ibis, 1882, p. 237 



[Mashonaland]; Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 167 



[Natal]; FlecTi, Jouvn. Ornith. 1894, p. 392 [Gt. Naiuaqualand] ; 



Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 154 (1896) ; Beielienow, Vikj. Afr. i, p. 515 



(1901). 

 Description. Adult.— Grown of the head to half way between 

 the eyes and nostrils and behind to below the occiput covered with 

 a dense white down ; sides of the face and chm iucludiog a space 



Fig. 135. —Lophogyps occipitalis. 



round the eyes and ear openings bare with a few scattered white 

 bristles ; lower neck bare all round ; at the base of the neck behind 

 is a black ruff not meetiug in front ; general colour above, very dark 

 brown, a little paler on the rump; some of the median coverts 

 edged with paler brown; primaries and tail-feathers black; second- 

 aries dark brown, the inner ones washed with silvery ; below, crop 

 patch, thighs, lower abdomen, and under tail-coverts white ; breast, 

 upper abdomen, and sides of the body very dark brown ; greater 

 under wing-coverts white, median and lesser brown. 



Iris umber-brown ; bill red, darker at the tip ; cere bluish ; 

 naked skin of head and neck pale lilac ; feet pinkish flesh. 



Length 40-0; wing 25-0; tail 11-0 ; culmen 3-5 ; tarsus 4-25. 



