NEOPHRON. 



SYNOPSIS SPECIERUM. 



NEOPHRON. 



* Cauda cuneata. 



1. Neophron Percnopterus. — N. albus, remigibus nigris, crista occipitali, cauda albida, cuneata. 



Vultur Percnopterus, Linn. Syst. i. p. 127.— Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. p. 2. No. 3.— 

 Shaw's Zool. v. vii. p. 33. 

 Alpine Vulture, Lath. Syn. i. p. 12.— Id. Supp. p. 3. 



V. iEgyptius, Lath. Ind. i. p. 2, 3. B. 

 Sacre d'Egypte, Buff. Ois. i. p. 167- 

 Egyptian Vulture, Lath. Syn. i. p. 1 3. 



V. leucocephalus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. i. p. 2. No. 4. 

 Vautour de Norvege, 2?tt/f. Ois. i. p. 164. 

 Ash-coloured Vulture, Lath. Syn. i. p. 13. 



V. fuscus, Gmel. Syst. i. 248. — Lath. Ind. i. 5. No. 10. 

 Vautour de Malte, Buff. Ois. i. p. 161. 

 Maltese Vulture, Lath. Syn. i. p. 15. — Lath. Gen. Orn. i. 22. 13. 



V. Ginginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. i. p. 7- No. 16. 

 Vautour de Gingi, Sonn. Voy. Ind. ii. 184. 



Gingi Vulture, Lath. Syn. p. 7 — Shaw's Zool. vii. 32.— Lath. Gen. Hist. i. p. 27- 

 No. 21. PL 5. 



Cathartes Percnopterus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. i. p. 8. 

 Le Percnoptere d'Egypte, Cuv. Regn. Anim. i. p. 307. 

 Rachamah, Bruce's Trav. App. p. 163. 



Long. 31 pollices. 



Hae. In Europa, Africa, et Asia. 



In museis plerisque. 



** Cauda cequali. 



2. Neophron Monachos. — N. fusco-brunneus, capite anterius juguloque livido-carneis, remigi- 

 bus nigris. Pedibus flavis. 

 Cathartes Monachus, Temm. PL Colorees, PL 222. 

 Long. 26 pollices. 

 Hap.. In Africa. 

 In museis Belgii et Parisiensis. 



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