BIRDS OF EUROPE 



NOT OBSERVED IN THE BRITISH ISLES. 



Order I.— RAPACES. 



Division I. — Hapaces— -DiurnvE. 



Family I.— VULTURIDJE. 



Genus I. — Vultur. (Illkjer.) 



Generic Characters.— Beak large, strong, and curved only at 

 the end; nostrils opening crosswise; eyes even with, the head; 

 head and neck without feathers, or only partially covered; a 

 collar of down at base of neck. Vertebras fifteen. 



SOCIABLE VULTURE. 



Vultur auricularis. 



Vultur auricularis, Dat/din. Cuviek. Temminck. 



SCHINZ. SCHLEGEL. DeGLAND. 



" nuhicus, Smith. 



Vautour cegypius, Savignt. 



" oricou, Le Vaillant. 

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