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Gen. VII. AZGYPIUS Savigny (1809). 
Type by mon. Vultur monachus L. 
Nostrils rounded. 
+8. Aigypius monachus (Linn)., S.N., ed. xii.,i., S. Europe, 
p. 122 (1766). [Ex Edwards-Avabia 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 feathers round hind neck. 
Gen. VIII. GYPS Savigny (1809). 
Type G. vulgaris = fulvus. 
Nostrils perpendicular, rather oval: tail with 14 feathers. 
t*9. Gyps fulvus fulvus Hablizl, N. Nord. Beytr. 5S. Europe 
iv., p. 58 (1783). [Gilan, N. Persia.] (acc. Britain), 
Griffon Vulture. N: Afnica, 
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). 
{9a. Gyps fulvus fulvescens Hume, Ibis, 1869, Plains of 
p. 356. [Gurgaon, Punjab, type in B. M.] N. India ; 
Indian Griffon. Suakim ? 
Wing ad. 685-747 mm.; plumage paler 
and more isabelline reddish. 
1 Gyps fulvus cinnamomeus Reich. is a synonym based on a young bird 
apparently. 
