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14a. Pseudogyps africanus sohilUngsi Erlanger, German 

 Om. MiB., xi., p. 22 (1903). [Mkomasi, E. Africa- 

 German E. Africa. \ 

 Eastern White-backed Vulture. 



Plumage more grayish. 



tl4b. Gymnogyps africanus fudleborni Erlanger, Nyasaland 



Orn. M. B.,xi., p. 22(1903). [Rukwa See, to Angola ; 



Nyasaland.] Transvaal. 

 Southern White-backed Vulture. 



Plumage paler. 



14c. Pseudogyps africanus zechi Erlanger Orn. Togoland^ 

 M. B., xi., p. 22 (1903). [Kratschi, Togo- 

 land.] 

 Western White-backed Vulture 



Plumage still paler. 



Gen. X. TORGOS Kaup (1828). 

 Type VuUur auricularis = tracheliotus. 



Head with fleshy folds and a neck-lappet ; tarsus 

 longer than middle toe. 



.tlS Torgos tracheliotus tracheliotus (Forst.) Le- 

 vaillant, Reise Afr., iii., p. 363, pi. 12 (1791) 

 [Cape Colony.] 

 Sociable Vulture. 



Wing ad. 747-785 mm. ; above and crop- 

 patch brown ; ruff of brown feathers on 

 hind neck ; below clothed with white 

 down, with brown lanceolate feathers on 

 breast and abdomen. 



S. Africa. 



