B,APACES — DlTJRNJE. 



Family L— VUL TURID^E. 



Genus I. — Vultur. 



CINEREOUS VULTURE. 



l\dtur cinereus. 



Vultur cinereus, Linnjeus. Gmelin. Latham. 



" " Temminck. Schlegel. Degland. 



Gould. 



" hengalensis, Latham, (young.) 



JEgypius niger, Savigny. 



Gyps cinereus, Ch. Bonapaete. 



Vautour ou Grand vautour, Buffon. 

 Vautour arrian, and V. cendre, Of the French. 

 Grauer Geier, Of the Germans. 



Avoltoio Lepraiolo, Of the Italians. 



Specific Characters. — Head thick and large; nostrils rounded; 

 legs covered with feathers. Internal toe much shorter than half 

 the middle toe; twelve quills in the tail. Length three feet sis 

 inches. — Degland. 



The Cinereous Vulture is stated by M. Temminck 

 to live solely among trie vast forests of Hungary, the 

 Tyrol, the Pyrenees, the middle of Spain, and in Italy. 

 In all other places its appearance is accidental. It 



