t9b. Gypsfiilvus coprotheres (Forst.) Naturgesch. S. Africa, N. to 

 African. Vogel, p. 35 (1798). [S. Africa.'] Zambesi and 

 Kolbe's Griffon. Damaraland. 



Wing ad. 685 mm. ; paler than G. fulvus 

 fulvus, especially below, and shaft stripes 

 nearly obsolete. 



10. Gyps himalayensis Hume, Rough Notes, i., 

 p. 14 (1869). [Simla, type in Br. Mus.] 

 Himalayan Griffon. 



Wing ad. 800-810 mm. ; plumage above 

 isabelline whitish ; below light buff with 

 broader whitish shaft stripes. 



Turkestan. 

 Himalayas, 

 Thibet. 



1 1 . Gyps rueppelli rueppelli (A. Brehm) , M aum. , 

 1852, heft 3, p. 44. [Khartoum.] 

 Rueppell's Vulture. 



Wing ad. 660-700 mm. ; down on head 

 yellow ; plumage above blackish brown 

 with whitish edgings ; below creamy buff ; 

 crop-patch dark brown. 



N.E. Africa 

 (Egypt, Sudan, 

 Nubia), 

 N. Nigeria, 

 Seneeambia. 



'11a. Gyps rueppelli erlangeri Salvad., Bol. Mus. Abyssinia, 



Torino, xxiii., No. 576, p. 3 (1908). [Shoa, Erythraea, 



type in Turin Mus.] SomaUland. 

 Erlanger's Vulture. 



Wing S 665 mm. ; down on head whitish ; 

 plumage above browner ; below whitish. 



■|"12. Gyps indicus indicus (Scop.) Del. Faun, et 

 Flor. Insubr., ii., p. 85 (1786). [ex. Son- 

 nerat, Pondidierry ?] 

 Indian Longbilled Vulture. 

 [ = G. indicus pallescens Hume.] 



Indian Peninsu- 

 la, S. of Indo- 

 Gangetic Plain, 

 except Sind & 

 Ceylon. 



