BIRDS OF EASTERN 



AND SOUTHERN ASIA. 



V. monachus, L. 



6yn. v. cinerensi Gmelin. 



V. arrianus, Temmiack. 



V. imperialis, Tem, (p. c. iZC), apud Jerdon (in 



epistolS. ) 

 jBgypius uiger et vulgaris, Savigny. 



Inhabits mountainous parts of Europe and 

 Asia. Nepal, Assam. 



Gemis OTOGYPS, G. R. Gray. 



O. calvus. 



SYN. Vultur calvas, Scopoli. 



V. pondicerianus, Daudin. 



Mulla-Gidh C Priest Vulture'), H. : LaU 

 mala Shukuni (' Red-headed Vulture'), Beng. 

 Inhabits India generally ; common. 



Subfam. GYPIN^E. 



Genus GYPS, Savigny. 



G.fulvus. 



Syn. Vultur fulvus, Graelin. 



V. Kolbii, Daudia (apud Dr. A. Smith aud G . R. 

 Gray) 



V. percnopterus, Pallas (nec Linnaeus), 

 v. li ucocephalus, Meyer. 

 V. indicus apud Jerdon. Catal, 

 Gyps vulgaris, Savigny, 



Malta dho of the Mahrattas. Inhabits moun- 

 tainous regions of the Old World ; Nepal. 



G, indicus (Gray's III, Gen. Birds, pi. ). 



6yn. Vultur indicus, Scopoli and Latham. 



V. bengalensis apud Temminck (Jerdon in epis- 

 tola). 



V. tenuiceps et tenuirostris, Hodgson. 

 Inhabits India and Malay countries : com- 

 mon. 



6'. hengalensis (Hard wick's 111. Ind. Zooi.) 



Syn. Vultur bengalensis, Gmelin, the young. 



V. indicus apud Temminck (young, apud Jerdon 



in epistolS). 

 V. ch.guoun, Daudin. » 

 V. leueouotus, Gray. \ 



Lengta. Arracan. Inhabits India generally ; 

 very abundant. A summer visitant in Afghan- 

 istan, 



Subfam. SARCORHAMPHIN^. 

 Genus SARCORHAMPHUS, Dumeril. 

 S. papa, Pi. Enl. 428.^ 

 Syn. Vultur papa, L. 

 Inhabits S. America. 



Genus NEOPHRON, Savigny. 



N- percnopterus, PI. Enl. 407, 429). 



Syn. Vultur percnopterus, Lin. (nec Pallas). 

 V. leucocpphalus et V. fuscu?, Gmelin. 

 V. gingiuianus et V. albus, Daudin, 

 V. meleagris, Pallas. 

 T. fulvus, Boddaert. 

 V. stercorarius, La Peyrouse. 

 Percnopterus aegyptiacus, Stephens. 



Soongra, or Soonda, Scinde (Burnes). In- 

 habits warmer regions of Europe, Asia, and 



j Africa : abundant on the plains of India ; rare 

 and accidental below the tideway of the rivers 

 in Lower Bengal. A summer visitant in Af- 

 ghanistan. 



Subfam. GYPAETIN^. 



Genus GYPAETOS, Stcvr. 



G. barbatus, (Edwards, pi, 106). 



Syn. Vultur barbatus et V. barbarus, Linn. 

 V. niger, Gmelin. 

 V. aureus, Brisson. 

 Falco magnus, S. Gmelin. 

 hhene ossifraga, Savigny, 

 Gypaetos grandis. Storr. 

 G. alpiuus, Daudin. 



G. leucocephalus et G. melanocephalus, Meyer. 

 G. nieridionalis, iSrehm. 



G. barbatus, var. occidentalis et var, orientalis, 

 Pr. Bonap. 



G. hemachalanns, Hutton (with dark pectoral 

 mark). J. A. S. IIL 523. 



Bearded Kagle, Latham. 



' Golden Eagle' of English residents in the 

 Himalaya. Urgool, Masuri (Hutton). Cajeer, 

 or Foomaee, Kabul (Burnes). Inhabits moun- 

 tainous regions of Europe, Asia, and Africa. 



Tribe II.— NOCTURNE. 



Fam. Strigid^. 

 Subfam. BuBONiN^. 



Genus NYCTEA, Stephens. 



N. nivea. (Gould's B. U. pi. 43). 



8YN. Strix nivea, Daudin. 

 6tr. nyctea. Linn, 

 s. Candida, Latham. 

 N. errainea, Stephens. 



Inhabits Arctic circle, migrating within the 

 northern temperate zone. 



Genus BUBO, Sihbald. 



£. orientalis, (PI. Col. 174, 229). 



Syn. strix orientalis, Horsfield. 

 S. sumatrana. Raffles. 

 S. strepitans, Temminck. 

 B. et Huhua nipalensis, Hodgson. 



H. pectoralis, Jerdon. 



Inhabits Himalaya, S. India, and Malay coun- 

 tries. 



B. maximus, Sibbald (Gould's B. E. pi. 37). 



SYI». strix bubo, L. 



B. atheniensis, Daudin. 

 B. europaeus. Lesson. 



Inhabits Europe and N. Asia ; Himalaya ? 



B, bengalensis (Gould's ' Century/ pi. 3). 



Syn. Otus bengalensis, Franklin. 



Bubo cavearens et Urrua cavearea, Hodgson. 



Ghoogoo, H. (Jerdon). Inhabits India ge- 

 nerally ; Afghanistan : but not met with below 

 the tideway of the rivers in Lower Bengal. 



B. umbratus. 



Syn. Urrua umbrata, Blyth J. A. S. XIV. 180. 



Strii coromander, coromandra, et coromandeli- 



ca, auctorum ? 

 Str. coromandsi var., Latham, 



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