18 CLASS AVES. 



The Egypticm Vulture, V. Mgyptius^ Savigny, 

 Egypt, pi. col. t. 407. the adult from Egypt, not the 

 V. niger, of Brisson. V . Galericulatus , Temm. V. 

 Monachus, pi. col. t. 13. 



Found in East and North Africa. 



Here may be perhaps added the Madagascar 

 Falcon, Lath. Falco Madagascariensis, Daud. 

 Sonn. Voy. Ind. ii. t. 103. Pale gray ; beneath white, 

 crown white, larger wing-coverts black tipt, quills 

 white, dusky, barred, and black tipt. 



America produces Vultures remarkable by the ca- 

 runcles which surmount the membrane at the base of 

 the beak. This is as large as the last, but the nos- 

 trils are oval and longitudinal. These are the Sarco- 

 ramphus of Dumeril, 



Gypagus of Vieillot, and a part of the Cathartes of 

 Illiger and Temminck. 



The King of the Vultures, (Vult. Papa, Lin.) 

 Enl. 428. 



As big as a goose, blackish when young, afterwards 

 varied with black and yellow, and with the mantle 

 yellow, and the quills and collar black when old. The 

 naked parts of the head and neck are bright, and the 

 wattle is indented like the crest of a cock. It is 

 found in the plains and other hot parts of South 

 America. 



The young is the Painted Vulture of Lath. V. sacra 

 of Bar tram. 



