FALCONIDiE. 



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preceding volume of the present ; but my limits will 

 not allow me to introduce any portion thereof in this 

 place. 



RAPTORES. 



VULTURIDiE. 



Mr. Vigors divides this family into the five 

 following genera in the Zoological Journal, vol. ii. 

 p. 397 : viz. 



1. CatharteSj Illiger: embracing Percnopteri aura and 

 Uruba, Steph. v. xiii. 2. p. 7. 



2. Sarcoramphus, Dumeril. 



3. Gyps, Savigny. (Vultur Auctorum and ^gypius, Sa- 

 vigny.) 



4. Gypeatos, Storr. 



5. Neophron, Savigny : containing Percnopteri -^^J^^/?^mcw5 

 and Monachus. Steph. v. xiii. 2. p. 7. 



FALCONID^. 

 GENUS V. fl — GYMNOPS, Spix. 



Rostrum subelongatum, gal- 

 linaceum, baud altum, 

 subcylindricum, circa basin 

 prsecipue ante oculos nu- 

 dum, apice subadunco, 

 oblique descendente. 



Nares rotundae. 

 Collum exsertum. 

 Tarsi breviusculi. 



Beak subelongated, gallina- 

 ceous, not high, subcylin- 

 dric, round the base, espe- 

 cially before the eyes, 

 naked; the tip rather 

 hooked, obliquely descend- 

 ing. 



Nostrils rounded. 

 Neck exserted. 

 Tarsi short. 



