Gen. VII. iEGYPIUS Savigny (1809). 

 Type by mon. VuUur monachus L. 



Nostrils rounded. 



fS. Mgypius monachus (Linn)., S.N., ed. xii., i., 

 p. 122 (1766). [Ex Edwaxds-Arabia err. ?] 

 Cinereous Vulture. 



S. Europe, 

 N. Africa, 

 C. Asia to India 

 and China. 



Size large ; length 42 in. ; wing ad. 760- 

 836 mm. ; plumage blackish brown ; ruff 

 of feathers round hind neck. 



Gen. VIII. GYPS Savigny (1809). 

 Type G. vulgaris = fulvus. 



Nostrils perpendicular, rather oval ; tail with 14 feathers. 



t*9. Gyps fulvus fulvus Hablizl, N. Nord. Beytr. 

 iv., p. 58 (1783). [Gilan, N. Persia.] 

 Griffon Vulture. 



Size large ; length 40 in. ; wing ad. 690- 

 748 mm. ; plumage stone-buff ; neck ruff 

 of white down ; head with white down ; 

 crop patch dark stone colour (in immature 

 birds fawn to chocolate). 



S. Europe 

 (ace. Britain), 

 N. Africa, 

 Arabia, Pales- 

 tine, Persia, 

 Afghanistan, 

 Himalayas, 

 Turkestan. ^ 



t9a. Gyps fulvus fulvescens Hume, Ibis, 1869, Plains of 

 p. 356. [Gurgaon, Punjab, type in B. M.] N. India ; 

 Indian Griffon. Suakim? 



Wing ad. 685-747 mm. ; plumage paler 

 and more isabeUine reddish. 



^ Gyps fulvus cinnamomeus Reich, is a synonym based on a young bird 

 apparently. 



