Pluniage above broAviier ; below whitish. 



10a. Gijps ruej^pelli erlangeri, Salvad., Bol. Mils. Abyi-sinia, 



Torino, xxiii ., No. 576 (1908). Erythroea, 



Erlanger's Vulture. Somaliland. 



Head bare ; ruff and upper parts dark brown 

 with fulvous central streaks ; rump white ; 

 below light brown with Avhite streaks ; erop- 

 jjatch brown. 

 11. Gyjjs indicns indicus (Scop.)(*), Del. Faun, ct 

 Flor. Insubr., ii., p. 85 (1786). 

 Indian Long-billed Vulture. 



India, Indo- 

 Chinese 

 countries, 

 IVIalay 

 Peninsula. 



Above pale earthy brown ; below whity brown ; 

 crop- patch darkbrowai ; ruff Avhite (Hume). 

 11a. G'^yjs iwf7tc(ts ^iaWesce?is Hume, Stray Feathers, N.W. India, 

 i., p. 150(1873). 

 Pallid Vulture 



Gen. IX. 

 Tail of 12 feathers. 



GYjVINOGYPS Less. (1831). 



Size large, length 30 in. ; above and crop- 

 patch black ; ruff white, rather scanty ; rump 

 Avhite ; below chocolate brown. 

 12. Gymnogyp>t bengalensis (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 245 

 (1788). ' 

 Indian White-backed Vulture. 



Above and crop-patch dark brown ; below 

 pale brown, with yellowish-Avhite shaft lines. 

 13. Gynmogyps africanus africanus (Salvad.), 

 Nat. Stor. R. Accad. Torin., 7th May, 1865, 

 p. 133. 

 African White-backed Vulture. 



Plumage more greyish. 

 13a. Gynmogyps africamis schilUngsi Erlanger, Orn. 

 Mb., xi., p. 22 (1903). 



India, Indo' 



Chinese 



countries, 



Malay 



Peninsula. 



N.E. Africa, 

 ICliartoum to 

 Abyssinia & 

 Upper White 

 Nile. 



German 

 E. .Africa. 



Paler. 

 13b, Gynmogyps africanus fuellehorni Erlanger (t.c.) Nyasaland 



to Angola. 



* Reichenow's Gyps cinnamomeous from Alatau (Orn. Mb., 1907, 

 pp 30-81) appears to be another subspecies [doubtful] of (?. julvus. 



