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t9b. Gyps fulvus coprotheres (Forst.) Naturgesch. S. Africa, N. to 
African. Vogel, p. 35 (1798). [S. Africa.] Zambesi and 
Kolbe’s Griffon. Damaraland. 
Wing ad. 685 mm.; paler than G. fulvus 
fulvus, especially below, and shaft stripes 
nearly obsolete. 
10. Gyps himalayensis Hume, Rough Notes, i., Turkestan. 
p. 14 (1869). [Simla, type in Br. Mus.] Himalayas, 
Himalayan Griffon. Thibet. 
Wing ad. 800-810 mm.; plumage above 
isabelline whitish ; below light buff with 
broader whitish shaft stripes. 
11. Gyps rueppelli rueppelli (A. Brehm), Naum., N.E. Africa 
1852, hett 3, p. 44. [Khartoum.] (Egypt, Sudan, 
Rueppell’s Vulture. Nubia), 
N. Nigeria, 
Wing ad. 660-700 mm.; down on head Senegambia. 
yellow ; plumage above blackish brown 
with whitish edgings ; below creamy buft ; 
crop-patch dark brown. 
*Ila. Gyps rueppelli erlangeri Salvad., Bol. Mus. Abyssinia, 
Torino, xxiii., No. 576, p. 3 (1908). [Shoa, Erythrea, 
type in Turin Mus. |] Somaliland. 
Erlanger’s Vulture. 
Wing g 665 mm. ; down on head whitish ; 
plumage above browner; below whitish. 
$12. Gyps indicus indicus (Scop.) Del. Faun. et Indian Peninsu- 
ior insubr, i, p. 8d (1786). lex, Son- Ja; S. oi Indo- 
nerat, Pondicherry ? | Gangetic Plain, 
Indian Longbilled Vulture. except Sind & 
[ = G. indicus pallescens Hume. |] Ceylon. 
