BRITISH BIRDS. 



A CCIPITRES. VVLTURIDyE. 



Vultur fulvus. 



Gyps, Saviyny f.— Beak strong, thick, anJ deep, the sides rather swollen, 



maxilla rising immediately in front of the cere, forming a culmen curving to the 



tip, where it is somewhat abruptly hooked. Mandible straight and rounded, 



* Vultur fulvus, J. F. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. i. p. 249 (1788). 



t Systeme des Oiseaux de I'^ypte et de la Syrie, p. 8 (1810). 



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