4 RAPTORES. NEOPHRON. Neophron. 



the Falconidas), and the genus Cathartes, restricted by the 

 ornithologists of the present day to certain species belonging 

 to America, of which Cathartes Aura and Cathartes Uniba 

 are the representatives. From this latter group the present 

 genus differs, not only in geographical distribution, but in 

 having the neck more fully clothed with feathers, and the 

 bill and legs of still weaker conformation. It is restricted to 

 the old world, and has for its type the Neophron Percnop- 

 terus of Savigny {Vultur Perc. of Linnaeus). In habits 

 these birds are, if possible, more filthy than any of the other 

 members of this family, their food consisting almost wholly 

 of the rankest carrion and most disgusting offal of every de- 

 scription. They are also of a more timid character, appear- 

 ing very destitute of the boldness that characterizes the 

 larger and more typical Vultures. 



EGYPTIAN NEOPHRON. 



Neophron Percnopterus, Savig. 



PLATE A. 



Neophron Percnopterus, Savig. Ois. de I'Egypt, p. IC — Vigors in Zool. 



Journ. 2. .380. — Jardine and Selby, lUust. ofOrn. 1. pi. 33. 

 Vultur Percnopterus, Linn. Sjst. 1. 123. 7 — Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 2. sp. 3. — 



Skald's Zool. 5. 7- pi. 33. 

 Alpine Vulture, Lath. Syn. 1. 12; Id. Sup. 3. 

 Vultur yEgypticus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 2. var. B. 

 Sacre d'Egypt, Biiff. Ois. 1. 167- 

 Egyptian Vulture, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 13. 

 Vultur leucocephalus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 1. sp. 4. 

 Vautour de Norvege, Buff. Ois 1. 1G4. 

 Ash-coloured Vulture, Lath. Syn. 1. p. 3. 

 Vultur Angolensis ? Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 7- sp. 17- 



Angola Vulture? Perm. Tour in Wales, 1. 307. pi, 16.— Lath. Syn. 1. 18 ? 

 Vultur fuscus, Gmel. Syst. 1. 2-i8.— Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 5. sp. 10. 

 Vautour de Malte, Buff. Ois 1. 161. 

 Maltese Vulture, Lath. Syn. 1. 15. 

 Vultur ginginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. 1. 7- sp. 16. 

 Gingi Vulture, Lath. Syn. 1. T.— Shaw's Zool. 7- 37. 

 Cathartes Percnopterus, Temm. Man. d'Orn. 1. 8. — Steph. Shaw\i Zool. 13. 



7. sp. 1. 

 Le Percnoptere d'Egypt, Cnv. Reg. Anim. I. 307- 

 Vautour I'Origon, Le Vaill. Ois. d'Afric, 1. p. 14. 

 Rachamah, or Bird of Pharaoh, Bruce's Travels, App. 16.?. 



