Gen. VII. iEGYPIUS Savigny (1809). 

 Nostrils rounded. 



Size large, length 42 in. ; plumage blackish 

 brown ; ruff of feathers round hind neck. 

 7. Mgyjpius monachus (Linn)., S.N., i., p. 122 

 (1766). 

 Cinereous Vulture 



,S.E. Europe, 

 N.E. Africa, 

 C. Asia to 

 India & 

 China, 



Gen. VIII. GYPS Savigny (1809). 

 Nostrils perpendicular, rather oval ; tail with 14 feathers 



Size large, length 40 in. ; plumage stone-buff ; 

 neck ruff of white down ; head with white 

 down. 

 8. Gyjps fulvus fulvus (Gmel.), S.N., i., p. 249 

 (1788). 

 Griffon Vulture. 



Plumage paler and more isabelline reddish. 

 8a. Gyps fulvus fulvescens Hume, Ibis. 1869, 

 p. 356. 

 Indian Griffon. 



Paler than G. fulvus fulvus, especialty below, 

 and shaft stripes nearly obsolete. 

 8b. Gyps fulvus kolbi (Daud.), Traite, ii., p. 15 

 (1800). 

 Kolbe's Griffon. 



Plumage above isabelline whitish ; below light 

 buff with broader whitish shaft stripes. 

 9. Gyps himMayensis Hume, Rough Notes, i., 

 p. 14 (1869). 

 Himalayan Griffon. 



DowTi on head yellow ; plumage above blackish 

 brown with whitish edgings ; below creamy 

 buff; crop-patch dark brown. 

 10. Gi/ps meppelli rueppelli (Brehm), Naum.. 1852, 

 heft 3, p. 44. 

 Rueppell's Vulture. 



S. Europe, 

 (ace. Britain), 

 N. Africa, 

 Arabia, 

 Palestine. 



N.W. India, 



Himalayas, 



Afghanistan. 



S. Africa, 

 N. to Zam- 

 besi and 

 Damaraland. 



Turkestan, 

 Himalayas, 

 Thibet. 



N.E. Africa, 

 Abyssinia, 

 N. Nigeria, 

 Senegambia. 



