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GEOGRAPHICAL ZOOLOGY. 
[PAET IV. 
Vultures range over all the great continents south of the Arctic 
Circle, being only absent from the Australian region, the Malay 
Islands, Ceylon, and Madagascar. The Old and New World 
forms are very distinct, belonging to two well-marked divisions, 
often ranked as families. The distribution of the genera is as 
follows : — 
Sub-family I. Vulturinah (6 genera, 16 species), confined to 
the Old World. — Vultur (1 sp.), Spain and North Africa through 
Nepal to China north of Ningpo ; Gyps (5 sp.), Europe south of 
59°, Africa, except the western sub-region, India, Siam, and 
t Northern China; Pseudogyps (2 sp.), North-east Africa and 
Senegal, India and Burmah; Otogyps (2 sp.), South Europe, 
North-east and South Africa, India, and Siam; Lophogyps (1 
sp.), North-east and South Africa and Senegal; Neophron (4 
sp.), South Europe, India and the greater part of Africa. 
Sub-family II. Sarcorhamphdle (4 genera, 9 species), con- 
fined to the New World. — Sarcorhamphus (2 sp.), “ The Condor/ 5 
Andes of South America, and southern extremity below 41° south 
latitude ; Cathartes (1 sp.), America from 20° south latitude to 
Trinidad and Mexico ; Catharistes (1 sp.), America from 40° north 
to 40° south latitude, but not on Pacific coast of United States ; 
Pseudogryphis (5 sp.), South America and Falkland Islands, and 
to 49° north latitude in North America, also Cuba and Jamaica. 
Family 95. — SERPENT ARIIDiE. (1 Genus, 1 Species.) 
General Distribution. 
Neotropical 
Sub-regions. 
Nearctio 
Sub-regions. 
Pal^arctic 
Sub-regions. 
Ethiopian 
Sub-regions. 
Oriental 
Sub-regions. 
Australian 
Sub-regions. 
1 . 2 . 3 - 
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The singular Secretary Bird (Serpentarius) is found over a 
large part of Africa. Its position is uncertain, as it has affinities 
both with the Accipitres, through Polyboroides (?) and with 
Cariama, which we place near the Bustards. (Plate IV. Vol. I. 
p. 261.) 
