VULTURID^E. 



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Sp. I. Gy. Africanus*. 

 Serpentarius Africanus. Shaw, v. v'u. p. 46. pi. 14. 



FAMILY JI.— VULTURIDiE. 



Caput et collnm plus minusve nudce ; cera glabrum aut pilorum^ 

 simplex aut carunculatum ; pedes nud<s ; tarsi reticulati ; oculi 

 laterales. 



The Vulturidae have the head and neck more or less divested of 

 feathers ; the cere bald or hairy, simple or carunculated ; the 

 y^e^ naked ; the ifam reticulated ; the ez/es lateral. They chiefly 

 subsist upon carrion, and a foetid humour exudes from their 

 nostrils ; they reside in the hotter regions of the globe. 



GENUS II.— VULTUR Auctorum. VULTURE. 



Rostrum basi rectum, eras- 

 sum, validum, suprd con- 

 vexum. 



Nares transversales, basales. 



Caput et collum nuda^; 

 torque plumoso. 



^eak straight at the base, 

 thick, strong, above con- 

 vex. 



Nostrils transverse, basal. 

 Head and nech naked ; the 

 last with a plumose collar. 



Vultures inhabit the old continent only. 



Sp. 1. Vu. fulvus. Briss. — Shavo, v. Vii. p. 27.pLl 1. 



Vu. castaneus. Shatv, v. vii. p. 29.pl. 12. — Vu. indicus. Shaw, 

 V. vii. p. 26.-~Temm. PL Col. 26. 

 Sp. 2. Vu. auriculatus. Shaxv, v. vii. p. 24. 



Vu. Ponticerianus. Shaiv, >v. vii. p. 25. /;/. 10. — Temm. PL 

 CoL 2. 



Sp. 3. Vu. Monachus. Linn. — Shaw, v. \\\. p. 19. pL 7i 8, 9. — 



Temm. PL Col. 13. 

 Sp. 4.? Vu. Bengalensis. Shaw, v. vii. p. 30. 

 Sp. 5.? Vu. niger. Briss. — Shaiv, v. vii. p. 31. 



* It is necessary to observe that my limits preclude the pos- 

 sibility of correcting, or adding to, the synonyma of the birds 

 described in the early volumes of this work, beyond the references 

 to a few of the best figures, recently published. 



