CINEREOUS VULTURE. 
Rat aces — Diurnje. 
Family L— VUL TUBIDsE. 
Genus I. — Vultur. 
CINEREOUS VULTURE. 
Vultur monachus. 
Vultur monachus, 
cinereus, 
Bengalensis, 
fuscus, 
cupido, 
Gyps cinereus, 
Vautour ou Grand Vautour, 
Vautour arrian, and V. ce?idre, 
Grauer Geier, 
Avoltoio Lepraiolo, 
Linnjeus. Gmelin. 
Gmelin. Latham. Temminck. 
schlegel. degland. gould. 
Latham, (young.) 
Brehm. 
Hodgson. 
Bonaparte. 
Buffon. 
Of the French. 
Of the Germans. 
Of the Italians. 
Specific Characters. — Head thick and large; nostrils rounded; legs covered 
with feathers. Internal toe much shorter than half the middle toe; twelve 
quills in the tail. Length three feet six inches. — Degland. 
The Cinereous Vulture is stated by M. Temminck to live solely 
among the vast forests of Hungary, the Tyrol, the Pyrenees, the 
middle of Spain, and in Italy. In all other places its appearance is 
accidental. This, however, is not correct, as it certainly is by no 
means rare, and breeds every year in considerable numbers in the 
Dobrudsha. It is also not uncommon in Greece, and, according to Dr. 
Erhard, it breeds in the Cyclades. It has been observed in Russia, 
in Provence, Languedoe, and, according to Lord Lilford ("Ibis," 1860, 
p. 2,) is common in Sardinia. M. Schinz says that he did not find it 
in Switzerland; neither has it been found there by M. Tscharner, 
who lives near Berne, although recorded by Bailey as occurring there 
