T9b. 
10. 
11. 
* ita: 
412) 
7 
Gyps fulvus coprotheres (Forst.) Naturgesch. 
African. Vogel, p. 35 (1798). [S. Africa.] 
Kolbe’s Griffon. 
Wing ad. 685 mm.; paler than G. fulvus 
fulvus, especially below, and shaft stripes 
nearly obsolete. 
Gyps himalayensis Hume, Rough Notes, i., 
p. 14 (1869). [Simla, type in Br. Mus.] 
Himalayan Griffon. 
Wing ad. 800-810 mm.; plumage above 
isabelline whitish ; below light buff with 
broader whitish shaft stripes. 
Gyps rueppelli rueppelli (A. Brehm), Naum., 
1852, heft 3, p. 44. [Khartoum.] 
Rueppell’s Vulture. 
Wing ad. 660-700 mm.; down on head 
yellow ; plumage above blackish brown 
with whitish edgings ; below creamy buff ; 
crop-patch dark brown. 
Gyps rueppellt erlangert Salvad., Bol. Mus. 
Torino, xxili., No. 576, p. 3 (1908). [Shoa, 
type in Turin Mus.] 
Erlanger’s Vulture. 
Wing $ 665 mm. ; down on head whitish ; 
plumage above browner; below whitish. 
Gyps indicus indicus (Scop.) Del. Faun. et 
Flor. Insubr., ii., p. 85 (1786). [ex. Son- 
nerat, Pondicherry ?] 
Indian Longbilled Vulture. 
[= G. indicus pallescens Hume.] 
S. Africa, N. to 
Zambesi and 
Damaraland. 
Turkestan. 
Himalayas, 
Thibet. 
N.E. Africa 
(Egypt, Sudan, 
Nubia), 
N. Nigeria, 
Senegambia. 
Abyssinia, 
Erythrea, 
Somaliland. 
Indian Peninsu- 
la, S. of Indo- 
Gangetic Plain, 
except Sind & 
Ceylon. 
