FALCONIDiE. 



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preceding volume of the present ; but my limits will 

 not allow me to introduce any portion thereof in this 

 place. 



RAPTORES. 



VULTURIDtE. 



Mr. Vigors divides this family into the live 

 following genera in the Zoological Journal, vol. ii. 

 p. 397 : viz. 



1. Cathartes^ Illiger: embracing Percnopteki aura and 

 Uriiba. Steph. v. xiii. 2. p. 7. 



2. Sarcoramphus, Duraerll. 



3. Gyps, Savigny. (Vultur Auctorum and ^gypius, Sa- 

 vigny.) 



4. Gypeatos, Storr. 



5. Neophron, Savigny : containing Percnopteri ^gyptiaciis 

 and Monachus. Steph. v, xiii. 2. /;. 7- 



FALCONID^. 



GENUS V. «.-.GYMNOPS, Spix. 



Rostrum subelongatum, gal- 

 linaceum, haud altum, 

 subcylindricum , circa basin 

 prsecipue ante oculos nu- 

 dum, apice subadunco, 

 oblique descendente. 



Nares rotundae. 

 CoUum exsertum. 

 Tarsi breviusculi. 



Beak subelongated, gallina- 

 ceous, not high, subcylin- 

 dric, round the base, espe- 

 cially before the eyes, 

 naked ; the tip rather 

 hooked, obliquely descend- 

 ing. 



Nostrils rounded. 



Neck exserted. 



Ta7'si short. 



