VULTURES. 



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The genus Otogijps is distinguished by its bare head, with fleshy fokls arising 

 beneath tlie ears and falling down the sides of tlie neelv, forming the so-culled ear- 

 lappets. The Xubian vulture, Otogijps auricularis, is found only in Africa, and the 

 most typical specimens only in the southern part. The Pondicherry vulture, O. calous, 

 occurs in India, and thence eastAvard to Siam. It is mucli smaller and darker than 

 the preceding, has a small ruff of black feathers about the neck, and the inner face of 



FlO. 130. — Ologyps calvua, Poiuliclierry Tulture. 



the thigh is bare. It is rather a solitary bird, rarely more than two or three being 

 Been together, nests usually in trees, and lays white eggs. 



The genus Xeopliron i>rob.ably comprises but two &\wc\cs, percnopterus and pilea- 

 tus, the latter confined to Africa, the former liaving a much wider distribution. In 

 India, a smaller race of percnopterus is found, sometimes considered a distinct species 

 under the name ginginianiis, while in tropical Africa a similar race of the more 

 southern joi7e(/<(w exists. 



The typical Egyptian vulture, X. percnopterus, is sometimes found m nortiiem 

 Europe, and has once or twice occurred in England. It is abundant in all the coun- 



