208 BIRDS OF EGYPT. 



neck light brown, the centres of the feathers streaked with 

 dusky ; remainder of the upper phimage dark brown, the 

 feathers mostly edged with paler brown ; under plumage 

 white, streaked down the centres of the feathers with brown, 

 or else pale brown streaked with darker brown ; a more or 

 less well-defined moustache ; tarsi feathered ; cere and feet 

 yellow ; beak horn-blue ; irides brown. 



This variation in plumage, as far as is known at present, 

 depends neither upon sex nor age. 



Entire length 21 inches; culmen 1-6; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 15'5 ; tarsus 2'5. 



The description is taken from Egyptian specimens in my 

 collection. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Em-, pi. 9. 



200. Gypaetus nudipes, Brehm. Southern Bearded Vulture. 



According to Riippell this bird is found in Egypt and 

 Nubia; and Antinori says that it breeds in the Mokattam 

 mountains, near Cairo. Dr. A. L. Adams mentions having 

 seen G. barbatus on the Pyramids (Ibis, 1864, p. 8); and 

 this specimen probably belonged to the present species, 

 which does not appear to be very uncommon in Egypt. Dr. 

 von Heuglin met with it on the shores of the Red Sea, near 

 Suez (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 18). 



On the chin a tuft of dark brown bristles 1 inch in 

 length; feathers on the face and throat short and brown, 

 those on the back of the head and neck long, lanceolate, and 

 nearly black ; back, wings, and upper tail-coverts paler brojvn, 

 and boldly marked with dirty white spots ; quill feathers of 



