VULTURID^E. 



BAPTORES. 



VULTURID^E. 





EGYPTIAN VULTURE. 



Neophron percnopterus. 



Vultur percnopterus, Alpine Vulture, BEWICK, Brit. Birds, edit. 



1832, vol. i. p. 51. 

 Neophron Egyptian Neophron, SELBY, Illustrations of British 



Ornithology, vol. i. p. 4. 

 JENYNS, Man. Brit. Yert. An. 



p. 79. 



Vulture, EYTON, History of Rare Bri- 



tish Birds, p. 1. 



Neophron, GOULD, Birds of Europe. 



Cathartes Catharte alimocfie, TEMMINCK, Manuel d'Ornitho- 



logie, vol. i. p. 8. 



NEOPHRON. Generic Characters. Beak straight, slender, elongated, 

 rounded above, encircled at the base with a naked cere, which extends 



