318 yVLTVRlBJE. 



Genus OTOGYPS, Gray, 1841. 



Head and neck bare, without any down in adults ; a wattle of 

 skin on each side of the neck behind the ear ; ruff very small ; 

 bare neck extending farther down than in Vultur, to which genus 

 the present is very similar. 



Two species, one African, the other Indian. 



1191. Otogyps calvus. The Black Vulture or 

 Pondicherry Vulture, 



Vultur calvus, Scop. Del. Flor. et Faun. Insub. ii, p. 85 (1786) ; 

 Hume, Rough Notes, p. 8 ; Bli/tJi, Ibis, 1866, p. 232 ; Adam, S. F. 

 i, p. 367 ; A. Anderson, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 676 ; 1875, p. 17 ; Plyth, 

 Birds Burm. p. 64. 



Vultur ponticerianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i, p. 7 (1790) ; Sykes, P. Z. S. 

 1832, p. 77 ; Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. S. x, p. 63 ; Gray in Hardio. 

 III. Ind. Zool. i, pi. 15, fig. 1. 



Otogyps calvus, G. R. Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 6 ; Blyth, Cat. p. 32 

 Horsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 2 ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 7 ; Stoliczka, J.A.S. B 

 xli, pt. 2, p. 230 ; Hume, N.^E.^.l; Davidson, S. F. ii, p. 336 

 Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 14 ; Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 228 ; Butler 

 S. F. iii, p. 441 ; vii, p. 179 ; ix, p. 369 ; Blanford, S. F. v, p. 245 

 Htime ^ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 1 ; Davidson ^ Wend. S. F. vii, p. 72 

 Gurney, ibid. p. 170; Ball, ibid. p. 196; Cripps, ibid. p. 240 

 Hume, Cat. no. 2; Bingham, S. F. viii, p. 190; ix, p. 142; Scidly 

 S. F. viii, p. 217 ; Doig, ibid. p. 370 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 29 ; 

 Davison, S. F. x, p. 331 ; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 2 ; Oates, B. B. ii, 

 p. 171 ; id. in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. iii", p. 209 ; Barnes, Birds 

 Bom. p. 3 ; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. i, p. 38 ; iii, p. 206. 

 Rdj-gidh, Mulla-gidh, Bhaonra, H. ; Lung-nong-loong, Lepcha ; Raj 

 Sagun, Beng. ; Nella Boraica, Tel. ; Rannapanta, Yerkli. 



Fig. 82,— Head of 0. calvus, ^. 



Coloration. Adult. Scattered black hairs on the nape and sides 

 of^ithe head and on the throat, more closely set around the ear- 

 orifice : head above and neck bare; plumage generally glossy 



