11 
S.N., i, p. 87 (1758). [Egypt.] 
Egyptian Vulture. 
Length about 25 in.; wing ad. 475-520 
mm.; skin of head and neck yellow; 
Plumage white ; primaries black. 
18a. Neophron percnopterus rubripersonatus 
Zaruday & Harms., Orn. Mb., x., pp. 52-3 
(1902). [Persian Baluchistan.) 
Red-faced Egyptian Vulture. 
Bare skin of face orange red. 
{18b. Neophron percnopterus ginginianus (Lath.), 
Inde Orme 15) ps 7 (1790). ([Gingee, S. 
Arcot dist.; ex. Sonnerat.] 
Indian White Vulture. 
Smaller than typical form ; length 21] in. ; 
wing 393 mm. ; bill yellow instead of horn 
brown. 
S. Europe ; 
Africa S. to 
Mashonaland ; 
Mediterranean 
region to N.W- 
India ; Canary 
Is., Cape Verde 
ise 
Persian 
Baluchistan. 
Indian 
Peninsula, 
rare in Ceylon.. 
Gen. XIII. NECROSYRTES Gloger (1842). 
Type Cathartes monachus Temm. 
With a fur-like chest-patch. 
*19. Necrosyries monachus monachus (Temm.), 
Pl. Col., i., pl. 222 (1823). [Senegal, type 
in Leyden Mus.]} 
Northern Hooded Vulture. 
Length 24in.; wing ad. 467 mm.; plum- 
age chocolate brown; hind neck covered 
with whitish down; crop-patch creamy 
white, encircled with white down. 
W. Africa. 
1 Dr. Hartert draws my attention to the fact that as this race was established: 
from observations only, it must be considered a doubtful one, no skins being 
available. 
