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20.— TAWNY. 



Vultur ambustus, Tnd. Orn. i. 8. Daud. ii. 26. Shaw. Zool. vii. 44. 



Falco ambustus, Gm, Lin. i. 252. 



Tawnj' Vulture, Gen. Si/n. i. 19. Broivn III. p. 2. pi. i. 



THE length of this bird is 2ft. 4in.; bill dusky, short, and 

 thick; cere large, beset Avith bristles; between the bill and eyes 

 naked ; the rest of the head covered with feathers ; on the chin a 

 tuft of long slender feathers, like a beard; plumage, in general, pale 

 tawny ; wing coverts mixed with brown; tail dirty white, barred with 

 broivn ; legs slender, bluish ; claws long, slightly bent. 



Inhabits Falkland Islands. 



21.— GINGL— Pl. V. 



Vultur Ginginianus, Ind. Orn. i. 7. Daiid. ii. 20. Shaw's Zool. vii. p. 32. 

 Vautour de Gingi, Son. Voy. Ind. ii. p. 184. 

 Gingi Vulture, Gen. St/n. Sup. p. 7. 



SIZE of a turkey ; bill rather slender, hooked at the end, and 

 greyish or dirty flesh colour ; nostrils pervious ; irides red ; base of 

 the bill, front, and sides of the head bare, wrinkled, and reddish ; 

 the crown covered with narrow feathers, much elongated, and capable 

 of being erected into a crest, and when at its utmost elevation, 

 several of them curve forwards over the crowTi ; the general colour 

 of the rest of the plumage is also white; the second quills are black 

 at the base and ends, and white in the middle ; the greater oners 

 wholly black ; legs yellowish grey, 



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