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Gen. LXIII. GYPOHIERAX Riipp. (1855). 



Space above and around eye bare, as well as a line 

 on either side of throat ; front of tarsus reticulated ; 

 claws with a groove below as in Haliceetus ; head 

 slightly crested. 



Length (^ 23 in. ; wing 17.2 in. ; general 

 plumage white ; scapulars and secondaries 

 black ; jirimaries white with the tips black 

 and outer webs mottled with black ; tail 

 black with liroad terminal band of white ; 

 bare skin of face and feet flesh coloiu' ; cere 

 bluish grey. 

 235. Gypohierax angoJensis (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 252 

 (1788). [Angola.'] 

 Angola Vulture. 



Tropical 

 W. Africa, 

 Angola to 

 Senegambia 

 E. Africa. 



Gen. LXIV. HALIASTUR Selby (1840). 



Nostrils circular, with bony margin all round ; 

 presents affinities both with A quilina' and Milvince. 



Length ad. 20, wing 15-15.50 in. reaching 

 beyond end of tail* ; tail 7.50-8 in. ; head, 

 neck, throat and breast white with distinct 

 blackish brown shaft -stripes, narrowest and 

 blackest in old birds ; rest of plumage 

 maroon chestnut, paler on tail, which is 

 whitish at tip ; primaries bro^aiish black ; 

 bill yellowish, the base blackish ; feet light 

 greenish yellow. 

 236. Haliastur indus indns (Bodd.), Tabl. PI. 

 Enlum., p. 25 (1783). [ex Bwfi.— Pondicherry.'] 

 Brahmin V Kite. 



Wing $ 16 in. ; reaching nearly 2 in. beyond 

 end of tail ; tail 8.50 in. ; the black shaft- 

 streaks on head, hind neck and breast reduced 

 to hair-lines and much less distinct . 



Indian 

 Peninsula, 

 Ceylon, 

 Burmese 

 Provinces : 

 8. China. ' 



* Ceylon birds seem to have as a rule slightly shorter wings and longer 

 tail than Indian birds, and to have the wings as a rule falling well short of 

 end of tail. 



