VULTURID.E. 5 



Sp. ] . Gy. Africanus *. 

 Serpentarius Africanus. Shaw, v. vii. p. 46. pi. 14. 



FAMILY JI.-VULTURID.dE. 



Caput et collum plus minusve nudce ; cera glabrum aut pilorum, 

 simplex aut carunculatum ; pedes nudes ; tarsi reticulati ; oculi 

 laterales. 



The Vulturidse have the head and neck more or less divested of 



feathers ; the cere bald or hairy, simple or carunculated ; the 



feet naked ; the tarsi reticulated ; the eyes lateral. They chiefly 



subsist upon carrion, and a foetid humour exudes from their 



nostrils ; they reside in the hotter regions of the globe. 



GENUS II.— VULTUR Auctorum. VULTURE. 



Rostrum basi rectum, eras- 

 sum, validum, supra con- 

 vexum. 



Nares trans versales, basales. 



Caput et collum nudge; 

 torque plumoso. 



Beak straight at the base, 

 thick, strong, above con- 

 vex. 



Nostrils transverse, basal. 



Head and neck naked ; the 

 last with a plumose collar. 



Vultures inhabit the old continent only. 



Sp. 1. Vu. fulvus. Briss. — Shaxv, v. vii.jo. 27. pLl 1. 



Vu. castaneus. Shaxv, v. vii. p. 29.pl. 12. — Vu. indicus. Shatv, 

 v. vii. p. 26— Temm. PL Col. 26. 

 Sp. 2. Vu. auriculatus. Shaiv, v. vii. p. 24. 



Vu. Ponticerianus. Shan:, v. vii. p. 25. pi. 10. — Temm. PL 

 CoL.2. 

 Sp. 3. Vu. Monachus. Linn. — Shatv, v. vii. p. 19.pl. 7, 8, 9. — 



Temm. PL Col. 13. 

 Sp. 4.? Vu. Bengalensis. Shatv, v. vii. p. 30. 

 Sp. 5.? Vu. niger. Briss. — Shaiv, v. vii. p. 31. 



* It is necessary to observe that my limits preclude the pos- 

 sibility of correcting, or adding to, the synonyma of the birds 

 described in the early volumes of this work, beyond the references 

 to a few of the best figures, recently published. 



