Rapacres — DiurNnz». 
Family I—VULTURID A. 
Genus. I.—VULTUR. 
CINEREOUS VULTURE. 
Vultur cinereus. 
Vultur cinereus, Linnzus. Genin. Latuam. 
oC oo TremMinck. ScHLEGEL. Deauanp. 
cs “6 GouLD. 
« Bengalensis, LatHam, (young.) 
Aigypius Niger, Savieny. 
Gyps cinereus, Cu. Bonaparte. 
Vautour ou Grand vautour, Burron. 
Vautour arrian, and V. cendre, OF THE FRENCH. 
Grauer Geier. OF THE GERMANS. 
Avoltoio Lepraiolo, OF THE IraLians. 
Specific Characters.—Head thick and large; nostrils rounded; 
legs covered with feathers. Internal toe much shorter than half 
the middle toe; twelve quills in the tail. Length three feet six 
inches.—DEeLanp. 
THe Cinereous Vulture is stated by M. Temminck 
to live solely among the vast forests of Hungary, the 
Tyrol, the Pyrenees, the middle of Spain, and in Italy. 
In all other places its appearance is accidental. It 
