APPENDIX 



OF 



RECENTLY OBSERVED SPECIES. 



ORDER I. RAPTRICES. 



FAMILY I. VULTURIN.E. 



GENUS, VULTUR. VULTURE. 



Bill of moderate length, strong, compressed; upper 

 mandible cerate to near the middle, with the dorsal line 

 straight, toward the end rounded, the sides convex, the 

 tip decurved and pointed ; lower mandible with the 

 angle long, the dorsal line convex, the sides nearly erect, 

 the tip obtuse. Nostrils large, oblong, oblique, near 

 the margin of the cere. Eyes and auditory apertures of 

 moderate size. Feet very strong; tarsus roundish, re- 

 ticulated with small scales : toes with scutella only to- 

 ward the end, the first toe small, the third very long, 

 the second shorter than the fourth ; the anterior toes 

 webbed at the base. Claws rather long, arched, mode- 

 rately compressed, acute. Head and neck covered only 

 with short down ; plumage full, compact ; wings very 

 long and broad, with the first quill short, the third and 

 fourth longest; tail of moderate length, much rounded. 

 The species of this genus belong to Asia, Africa, and 

 Southern Europe. 



323. VULTUR Fui/vus. GRIFFON VULTURE. 



Adult male and female with the bill pale yellowish -grey 

 inclining to white, the cere bluish-black, the feet bluish- 

 grey, the claws black ; the head and neck covered with 

 short white down ; the ruff and down on the breast white ; 

 the upper parts light-yellowish-brown , the primary quills 

 and tail-feathers blackish-brown, the lower parts light 

 reddish-brown, paler anteriorly. 



Male about 40, Female 48 inches, in length. 



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