64 VULTUKID^. 



Gen. of B. i, p. 6 ; Jerd. S. of Ind., vol. i, p. 90 ; Hume, Sir. P., 

 vol. v., p. 245; Murray, IldhJc, Zool, SfC, i8iftd,p. 104; Gidh., Hind 

 and Sind. — The Bengal or Common Beown Vultuee. 



Adult. — Cinereous black above, beneath dark brown, the shafts 

 narrowly streaked with fulvous. Ijower back and rump white. Ruff 

 scanty, whitish. Head and neck bare with a few dull brown bristles on 

 the crown and nape. Quills, tail, and crop patch black. Under wing- 

 coverts white. Cere horny black; legs dusky black ; iris red brown. 



Length. — 30 to 35 inches, wing 23 to 23*5, tail 10 to 11, tarsus 4'2, 

 culmen 3"1. 



Hob. — Throughout India. It is a permanent resident in Sind, and 

 breeds from November to February or later^ laying ordinarily one or two 

 glossless white eggs, at times with rusty markings at the larger end. 



Sub-Family, NBOPHRONIN^,— Scavenqers. 



Bill lengthened, slender; nostrils longitudinal, nearly in the middle 

 of the bill, perforated, and without bony septum. 



Gen. Neophron. — Savigny. 



Characters, same as those of the family. 



Neophron ginginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i, p. 7 ; Blyth, Ibis, 

 1866; Jerd. B.of Ind. i, p. 12; Sharpe, Gat. Ace. Br. Mus., Tp. 18; 

 Hume, Sir. F. vol. i., p. 150 ; Rough Notes i, p. 39; Murray, Mdbk.^ 

 Zool., SfC, Bind, p. 105. — The White Scavengeb Vulture or Pha- 

 baoh's Hen of Beucb. 



Adult. — Yellowish or creamy white. Quills black, neck hackles long, 

 lanceolate, tinged somewhat rusty ; secondaries dark brown and, 

 like the quills, internally ashy white at base. Head bare, throat with a 

 little scanty down ; a few white feathers in front of the eye. Irides 

 reddish brown ; cere and face turmeric yellow ; bill pale horny -brown ; 

 feet and legs yellowish-white. 



Length. — 21 to 22 inches, wing 15*5 ( not reaching tho tip of the 

 tail), tail 9*5, tarsus 3 "4. 



Hab. — Throughout India and a permanent resident. Breeds from 

 February to April on cliffs, old mosques, &c., seldom on trees, making 

 a rude nest of twigs lined with rags, &c. Eggs variously coloured, the 

 ground colour usually a dirty white, blotched and smeared with reddish 

 brown, or marked all over with deep red with blotches at the larger end. 



Sub-Family, GYP^TINyB.— Bow. and Gm?/.— Beakded 



Vultures. 

 Bill strong, lengthened, compressed, straight. Tip of upper man- 

 dible much hookod ; nostrils oval, hidden by stiff bristles. Chin with a 

 tuft of black rigid hairs, tarsus feathered to the toes. 



Gon. GypsBtus.— fifforr. 

 Characters same as those of the Sub-family. 

 Gypsetus barbatus, Storr, Alpenreisse p. 69; Jerd. B. of Ind., 



