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Rapaces DlURSUE. 



Family I.— VULTUlilDJE. 



Genus II. — Gypaetos. fStorr.) 



Generic Characters. — Head and neck covered with, feathers; 

 claws slightly curved; beak very strong, upper mandible 

 elevated and curved at the end; nostrils oval. Feet short, 

 the three anterior toes united at their base by a membrane; 

 middle toe very long. Wings long; first quill shorter than 

 the second, the third longest. Vertebrae thirteen. 



BEARDED VULTURE. 



Gypaetos barbatus. 



Gypa'etus barbatus, Cuviee. Temminck. 



" " Gould. Schinz. 



" " BoNAPABTE. 



" leucocephalus et melanocephalus, Meyee and Wolff. 



Vultur barbatus, Linn^us. 



" niger et aureus, Beisson. 



" barbarus et Falco barbarus, Gmelin. 



• " barbarus et barbatus, Latham. 



Phene ossifraga, Savigny. Vieillot. 



" " Lesson. 



Lwmmergeier or Bartalder, Of the Geemans. 



Avoltoio barbutio, Of the Italians. 



Gypaete barbu, Of the Feench. 



Specific Characters. — Base of beak above as -vrell as below 

 covered with stiff hairs. Length four feet seven inches. — Degland. 



