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1197. Neophron ginginianus. The Smaller WJiite 

 Scavenger Vulture, 



Vultur ginginianus, Lath. Ind. Ch-n. p. 7 (1790). 



Neophron percnopterus, Blyth, Cat. p. 33, pt. ; Horsf. ^- M. Cat. 

 \, p. 6, pt. ; Jerclon, B. I. i, p. 12 ; nee L. 



Neophron ginginianus, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 233 ; Hume, Rowjh 

 Notes, p. 31 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 12 ; xli, pt. 2, 

 p. 230; Blanford, J. A. 8. B. xxx\'iii, pt. 2, p. 165; Hume, N. 

 8fE.-p.9; id. 8. F. i. p. 150 ; id. Cat. no. 6 ; 8harpe, Cat. B. M. i, 

 p. 18 ; Leyye, 8. F. iii, p. 195 ; id. Birds Ceyl. p. 2 ; Ball, 8. F. 

 vii, p. 196 ; Vidal, 8. F. ix, p. 29 ; Btitler, ibid. p. 369 ; Davison, 

 8. F. X, p. 333 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 7 ; Oates in Hume's N. 

 §• E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 213. 



8ufed Gidh, Kal Muryh, H. ; Telia borawa, Tel. ; Manju Tridiy 

 Pittri Gedda, Pdjjci, Papa parundii. Tarn. 



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Fig. 84. — Head of K. ginginianus, ^. 



Coloration. Adult. Plumage almost throughout white ; winglet 

 and primaries black, the latter grey outside, brown inside towards 

 the base ; secondaries whity brown or grey on the outer web 

 outside, blackish brown elsewhere ; tertiaries pale brown through- 

 out. A brownish or greyish tinge on the scapulars and wing- 

 coverts, and sometimes elsewhere, is a sign of immaturity. The 

 neck-hackles are often stained rusty. 



Toung birds are at first blackish brown, the scattered down on 

 the head and throat black, then pale tips appear on some of the 

 neck -hackles and breast-feathers and on the smaller wing-coverts, 

 giving a speckled appearance ; the back, breast, and greater wing- 

 coverts are mottled with whitish blotches. The change to the 

 adult plumage is gradual. 



Bill in adults horny yellow; cere and sides of head and throat 

 yellow ; irides dark brown ; legs dirty yellow ; claws pale horny. 

 In young birds the bill is dark ; naked parts of head and throat 

 grey ; legs and feet cinereous. 



Length about 24; tail 9*5 ; wing 18"25; tarsus 3-1; mid-toe 

 without claw 2-5 ; bill from gape to tip 2*4. 



