326 VULTUEID^E. 



1197. Neophron ginginiaims. The Smaller White 

 Scavenger Vulture. 



Vultur ginginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 7 (1790). 



Neophron percnopterus, Blyth, Cat. p. 33, pt. ; Horsf. $ M. Cat. 

 i, p. 6, pt. ; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 12 ; nee L. 



Neophron ginginianus, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 233; Hume, Rough 

 Notes, p. 31 ; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 12 ; xli, pt. 2, 

 p. 230 ; Stanford, J. A. 8. B. xxxviii, pt. 2, p. 165 ; Hume, N. 

 & E. p. 9 ; id. S. F. i. p. 150 ; id. Cat. no. 6 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, 

 p. 18 ; Leffffe, S. F. iii, p. 195 ; id. Birds CeyL p. 2 ; Ball, S. F. 

 vii, p. 196 ; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 29 ; Butler, ibid. p. 369 ; Damson, 

 S. F. x, p. 333 ; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 7 ; Oates in Hume's N. 

 fy E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 213. 



Sufed Gidh, Kol Murgh, H. ; Telia borawa, Tel. ; Manju Tiridi, 

 Pittri Gedda, Papa, Pdpdparundu, Tarn. 



Fig. 84. Head of N. ginginianus, %. 



Coloration. Adult. Plumage almost throughout white ; winglet 

 and primaries black, the latter grey outside, brown inside towards 

 the base; secondaries whity brown or grey on the outer web 

 outside, blackish brown elsewhere ; tertiaries pale brown through- 

 out. A brownish or greyish tinge on the scapulars and wing- 

 coverts, and sometimes elsewhere, is a sign of immaturity. The 

 neck-hackles are often stained rusty. 



Young birds are at first blackish brown, the scattered down on 

 the head and throat black, then pale tips appear on some of the 

 neck-hackles and breast-feathers and on the smaller wing-coverts, 

 giving a speckled appearance ; the back, breast, and greater wing- 

 coverts are mottled with whitish blotches. The change to the 

 adult plumage is gradual. 



Bill in adults horny yellow ; cere and sides of head and throat 

 yellow ; irides dark brown ; legs dirty yellow ; claws pale horny. 

 Jn young birds the bill is dark ; naked parts of head and throat 

 grey ; legs and feet cinereous. 



Length about 24; tail 9-5 ; wing 18'25; tarsus 3-1 ; mid-toe 

 without claw 2-5 ; bill from gape to tip 2-4. 



