346 GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. [PART iv. 



Vultures range over all the great continents south of the Arctic 

 Circle, being only absent from the Australian region, the Malay 

 Islands, Ceylon, and Madagascar. The Old and New World 

 forms are very distinct, belonging to two well-marked divisions, 

 often ranked as families. The distribution of the genera is as 

 follows : 



Sub-family I. VULTURINJE (6 genera, 16 ^species), confined to 

 the Old World. Vultur (1 sp.), Spain and North Africa through 

 Nepal to China north of Ningpo ; Gyps (5 sp.), Europe south of 

 59, Africa, except the western sub-region, India, Siam, and 

 Northern China; Pseudogyps (2 sp.), North-east Africa and 

 Senegal, India and Burmah; Otogyps (2 sp.), South Europe, 

 North-east and South Africa, India, and Siam; Lophogyps (1 

 sp.), North-east and South Africa and Senegal; Neophron (4 

 sp.), South Europe, India, and the greater part of Africa. 



Sub-family II. SARCORHAMPHIN^E (4 genera, 9 species), con- 

 fined to the New World. Sarcorhamphus (2 sp.), " The Condor," 

 Andes of South America, and southern extremity below 41 south 

 latitude ; Cathartes (1 sp.), America from 20 south latitude to 

 Trinidad and Mexico ; Catharist^s (1 sp.), America from 40 north 

 to 40 south latitude, but not on Pacific coast of United States ; 

 Pseudogryphis (5 sp.), South America and Falkland Islands, and 

 to 49 north latitude in North America, also Cuba and Jamaica. 



FAMILY 95. SEKPENTAEIID^E. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 



GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. 



The singular Secretary Bird (Serpentarius) is found over a 

 large part of Africa. Its position is uncertain, as it has affinities 

 both with the Accipitres, through Polyboroides (?) and with 

 Gariama, which we place near the Bustards. (Plate IV. Vol. I. 

 p. 261.) 



