11 



[Egypt.'] 



S.N., i., p. 87 (1758). 

 Egyptian Vulture. 



Length about 25 in. ; 

 mm. ; skin of head 

 Plumage white ; primaries black. 



wing ad. 

 and neck 



475-520 



yellow ; 



S. Europe ; 

 Africa S. to 

 Mashonaland ; 

 Mediterranean 

 region to N.W. 

 India ; Canary 

 Is., Cape Verde 

 Is. 



18a. Neophron percnopterus rubripersonatus 

 Zaruday & Harms., Orn. Mb., x., pp. 52-3 

 (1902). [Persian Baluchistan.] 

 Red-faced Egyptian Vulture. 



Bare skin of face orange red. ^ 



Persian 

 Baluchistan. 



fl8b. Neophron percnopterus ginginianus (Lath.), 

 Ind. Orn., i., p. 7 (1790). [Gingee, S. 

 Arcot dist. ; ex. Sonnerat.] 

 Indian White Vulture. 



Smaller than typical form ; length 21 in. ; 

 wing 393 mm. ; bill yellow instead of horn 

 brown. 



Indian 

 Peninsula, 

 rare in Ceylon. 



Gen. XIII. NECROSYRTES Gloger (1842). 

 Type Cathartes monachus Temm. 



With a fur-like chest-patch. 



*19. Necrosyrtes monachus monachus (Temm.), W. Africa. 

 PL Col., i., pi. 222 (1823). [Setiegal, type 

 in Leyden Mus.J 

 Northern Hooded Vulture. 



Length 24 in. ; wing ad. 467 mm. ; plum- 

 age chocolate brown ; hind neck covered 

 with whitish down ; crop-patch creamy 

 white, encircled with white down. 



1 Dr. Hartert draws my attention to the fact that as this race was established 

 from observations only, it must be considered a doubtful one, no skins being 

 available. 



