Gen. VII. ^GYPIUS Savigny (18U9). 

 Type by mon. Vultur monachus L. 



Nostrils rounded. 



j8. JEgypius monachus (Linn)., S.N., ed. xii., i., S. Europe, 

 p. 122(1766). [Ex EdwsiTds- Arabia err. }] N. Africa, 

 Cinereous Vulture. C. Asia to India 



and China. 



Size large ; length 42 in. ; wing ad. 760- 

 836 mm. ; plumage blackish brown ; ruff 

 of leathers round hind neck. 



Gen. VIII. GYPS Savigny (1809). 

 Type G. vulgaris = fulvus. 



Nostrils perpendicular, rather oval ; tail with 14 feathers 



■j-*9. Gyps fulvus fulvus Hablizl, N. Nord. Beytr. S. Europe 



iv., p. 58 (1783). [Gilan, N. Persia.] (ace. Britain), 



Griffon Vulture. N. Africa, 



Arabia, Pales- 

 Size large ; length 40 in. ; wing ad. 690- tine, Persia, 

 748 mm. ; plumage stone-buff ; neck ruff Afghanistan, 

 of white down ; head with white down ; Himalayas, 

 crop patch dark stone colour (in immature Turkestan. ^ 

 birds fawn to chocolate). 



t9a. Gyps fulvus fulvcscens Hume, Ibis, 1869, Plains of 

 p. 356. [Gurgaon, Punjab, type in B. M.J N. India ; 

 Indian Griffon. Suakim? 



Wing ad. 685-747 nun. ; plumage paler 

 and more isabelline reddish. 



^ Gyps fulvus cinnamomeus Reich, is a synonym based on a young bird 

 apparently. 



