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VULTURID^E. 



Gen. PseudogypS. Sharpe. 



Tarsus shorter than middle toe. Tail of 12 feathers. 



6. PseudOgypS bengalensiS, Sharpe, Ann. Nat. Hist. (4) xi,, p. 

 ! 33 5 C a i* A CC > B r * Mus. p. ii. Gyps bengalensis, G. R. Gray, Gen. of B. 

 i- P- 6; Jerd. B. of Ind. vol. i. p. 90; Hume, Sir. F. vol. v. p. 245 ; Murray, 

 Hdbk.,Zool.fyc>, Sind, p. 104; Gidh.\ Hind and Sind. THE BENGAL OR 

 COMMON BROWN VULTURE. 



Adult* Cinerous black above, beneath dark brown, the shafts narrowly 

 streaked with fulvous. Lower back and rump white. Ruff scanty, whitish. 

 Head and neck bare with a few dull brown bristles on the crown and nape. 

 Quills, tail, and crop patch black. Under wing coverts white. Cere horny 

 black ; legs dusky black ; iris red brown. 



Length. 30 to 35 inches ; wing 23 to 23-5 ; tail 10 to 1 1 j tarsus 4-2 ; 

 culmen 3'i. 



Hab. Throughout India. It is a permanent resident in Sind, and breeds 

 from November to February or later, laying ordinarily one or two glossless white 

 eggs, at times with rusty markings at the larger end. 

 Gen. OtOgypS. Gray. 



Tarsus longer than middle toe ; head and neck bare, with ieshy folds and 

 a neck lappet or wattle of skin. 



