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Adult. — Glossy black, inclining to brown on lower back and rump, 

 some of the scapulars also washed with brown. Quills black, the shafts 

 white, becoming brownish towards the tips. Secondaries whity- 

 brown, blackish towards their tips. Tail black, shaded with brown^, 

 the shafts brownish. Crop patch black. A circlet of white down 

 across the breast, and a patch of white above the thigh joint. Under 

 parts of body deep black. Inner face of thighs bare. A small black 

 ruff round the neck, the feathers impending and partially concealing 

 the bare patches on each side of the breast. Bill black ; legs dull red ; 

 iris reddish brown. 



Le?igth. — 31 to 33 inches, culmen 2*5, wing 24-5, tail 10 to 11, 

 tarsus 4'1. 



Hah. — This is spread nearly all over the continent of India and not 

 unlike V. monachus affects the hilly districts in Sind. It is a permanent 

 resident in the province, and is said to breed on inaccessible clifi'a from 

 January to April. 



Gen. Gyps. — Savigny. 



Tarsus shorter than middle toe; 14 tail feathers; nostrils perpen- 

 dicular, rather oval. 



Gyps fulvescens, TInnie, Rough Notes, p. 19; Str. i^^., vol. vii., 

 p. 322; i., p. 149; Ibis, 1869 ; Sharpe, Cat. Ace. Br. Mm. (Sub- 

 Sp.B.), p. 7 ; Murray, Hdbk., ZooL, Sfc.,Sind,ip. 102. — The Bay Vulture. 



Adult. — Top of head, cheeks, chin and throat covered with dingy^ 

 yellowish-white hair-like feathers. Nape and whole of neck (except 

 the back and basal one-fifth or less) also covered, but with dense, 

 fur-like yellowish-white down. Crop patch pale wood brown, or dark 

 brown ; rest of under surface rufous or fulvous brown, with conspicuous 

 whitish central stripes, the under wing coverts darker. Upper back, 

 whole of upper wing coverts, and all but the longest scapulars, 

 rufous ashy, or brownish rufous fawn. Secondaries, tertials, and longer 

 scapulars umber brown. Lower back and rump brown, with distinct 

 central streaks of fulvous white, the upper tail coverts more rufescent. 

 Quills brownish black, the primaries shaded with ashy grey, the seconda- 

 ries externally washed and tipped with rufous ashy. Tail black, the 

 feathers somewhat shaded with brown on their margins. Feathers of 

 the ruff lanceolate, brown or rufous fawn, mesially streaked with whitish. 



Length. — 41 to 47 inches, expanse 94 to 106, wing 27 to 30, tail 

 12-5 to 13-5, culmen 37, tarsus 3-88 to 4. 



Hab. — Sind, Punjab, N. W. Provinces and the Himalayas. Recorded 

 in Stray Feathers from Kutch, Kattiawar, Guzerat, and Rajputana. 

 Breeds during February and March on lofty trees, laying a single white, 

 unglossed and unspotted egg. 



Gen. Pseudogyps. — Sharpe. 



Tarsus shorter than middle'toe. Tail of 12 feathers. 

 Pseudogyps bengaleusis, Sharps, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4) xi., p. 

 133; Cat. Ace. Br. Mus., p. 11. Gyps bengalentiis, G. B. Gray, 



