GYPAfilTs. ;> (1 j<) 



p. 236; Stoliczka, J. A. S. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 12; Hums, Rouah 



A7_j- OK. T\,l.~l -n^J-l'jr 11 -i^A-i wy 



, p. V& 



99 ^Scully, S. F. viii, p. 221 ; Barnes, S. F. ix, pp. 214, 461 

 Biddulph, Ibis, 1881, p. 39 ; Scully, ibid. p. 41(5 ; Barnes, Birds Bom 

 p. 8; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 150; Gates in Hume's N. $ K 

 2nd ed. iii, p. 127 ; Sharpe, Yarkand Miss., Aves, p. 6. 

 Gypaetus hemachalanus, Hutton, J. A. S. B. vii, p. 22 (1838). 

 Argul, H., Mussooree ; Okhdb, Chamba. 



Fig. 85. Head of <V. barbatus, %. 



Coloration. Adult. Bristles on lores, cere, and chin, supercilia 

 more or less united across the occiput, and narrow stripe below 

 ear-coverts black ; remainder of head all round and throat white, 

 speckled with black, more in younger, less in older birds ; nape, 

 neck all round, and lower parts white, tinged to a varying extent 

 with ferruginous, and, except in very old birds, with an imperfect 

 blackish-brown gorget, the feathers pale-shafted ; upper back and 

 smaller wing-coverts black with narrow white shaft-stripes, that 

 are broader at the tip ; rest of upper plumage deep silvery grey, 

 the shafts white and the edges of the feathers blackish, the black 

 edges disappearing in old birds on the quills and tail ; some brown 

 feathers on the lower back and rump; under wing-coverts 

 blackish with white shaft-stripes, which are very broad on the 

 axillaries. 



The above is the fully adult plumage, but most birds have brown 

 and whitish patches on the upper parts and blackish marks on the 

 neck and breast. Young birds of the year have the head and neck 

 black, the upper parts blackish brown, lower parts brownish grey ; 

 usually there is some white on the back and often on the base of 

 the tail. 



Bill horny, the tip darker; irides pale orange, the sclerotic 

 membrane blood-red ; feet plumbeous grey. Irides in the young 

 pale yellowish brown. 



