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the wings and tail dark brown ; the feathers on the lower 

 part of the throat are marked with longitudinal brownish- 

 yellow spots ; remainder of the underparts pale ferruginous 

 brown ; beak dull yellow, black at the base ; legs yellow ; 

 u'ides brown. 



Entire length 40 inches ; culmen 4 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 28 ; tarsus 4 ; tail 19-5, wedge-shaped. 



Fig. Riipp. Syst. Uebers. pi. 1. 



201. VuLTUR MONACHUS, Linn. Black Vulture. / '77^^ '' 



The Black Vulture ranges throughout Egypt and Nubia, //^^ t-v^«-u 

 but is nowhere abundant. It may occasionally be seen on 2{'' f/t^ / ' 



the sandbanks, either singly, or, more frequently, in company /^— - 



with flocks of Gypsfulviis. 



Head and upper part of the throat covered with down, and 

 ornamented with a ruff at the base of the neck ; the whole of 

 the plumage dark brown, with the edges of the feathers paler ; 

 basal half of the beak and a bare space on the throat bluish 

 flesh-colour, remainder of the beak black ; legs bluish flesh- 

 colour ; irides brown. 



Entire length 45 inches ; culmen 3*7 ; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 28 ; tarsus 5. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 2. 



202. VuLTUR AURiCTJLARis, Daud. Sociable Vulture. 



Von Heuglin (Orn. N. O. Afr. p. 9) mentions this bird as 

 plentiful in Nubia, and not uncommon in the middle and 



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