Order I. ACCIPITRES. 
Family I. Vulturid^e. 
I lie second Subfamily, 
SARCORAMPHINA5, or Condors, 
have the Bill lengthened, and rather slender, with the basal portion more or less covered with a soft 
Cere, the apical part strong, much curved, and acutely hooked at the tip ; the IN ostrils placed in the ceie, 
with the opening large, exposed, oblong, and longitudinal ; the Wings lengthened and pointed ; the 
Tarsi long, and covered with small reticulated scales ; the middle loe lengthened; the lateial ones 
short, equal, and united with the middle by a membrane; and the hind Toe generally short and weak. 
Neophron Sav .* 
Bill very long and slender, with the cere covering two thirds of its length, the apical portion rathei 
arched, and acutely hooked at the tip, and the sides compressed ; the nostrils placed near the middle oi 
the bill, longitudinal and exposed. Wings lengthened and acute, with the third quill the longest. Tail 
moderate and wedge-shaped. Tarsi the length of the middle toe, plumed below the knee, and covered 
with moderate-sized reticulated scales. Toes lengthened and slender, with the lateral ones nearly equal, 
the inner one the strongest, and all strongly scutellated above ; the hind toe as long as the inner, and 
strong ; the claws moderate, strong, and curved, especially that of the inner toe. 1 he front ot the head, 
cheeks, and fore part of the throat denuded of feathers. 
These birds are found in Africa and India, where they live in large flocks ; and in Egypt they are held in great 
respect, on account of the services they render to the country by purifying it from carrion, &c., on which they teed. 
They rarely prey on small living mammalia, birds, and reptiles ; and it is on the high and inaccessible mountains that 
they form their nests. 
I. N. Percnopterus (L.) PI. enl. 407.429. — Vultur leucoceplialus 
et V. fuscus Gmel. Le Vaill. Ois. d’Afr. t. 14. ; Percnopterus tegyp- 
tiacus Steph. ; V. ginginianus Baud. Lath. Hist. pi. 5. ; V. sterco- 
rarius La Peyr. ; V. albus Daud. ; V. fulvus Bodd. ; V. meleagris 
Pall. Jard. & Selby’s 111. Orn. pi. 33. 
2. N. pi/eat us (Burch.) Burch. Trav. S. Afr. 194. — Cathartes 
monachus Temm. PI. col. 222 . ; N. carunculatus A. Smith ; Perc- 
nopterus niger Less. 
Sarcoramphus Dump f 
Bill moderate, the base covered for above one third ol its length with a soft cere, the apical pait stiong, 
arched to the acute tip, and the sides slightly compressed ; the nostrils placed in the middle ol the ceie, 
large, longitudinal, and exposed. Wings lengthened, pointed, with the third and fourth quids equal and 
longest. Tail moderate, and even at its end. Tarsi rather shorter than the middle toe, plumed below 
the knee, and covered with very small reticulated scales. Toes moderate, with the lateral ones short, 
equal, and united with the middle by a membrane, the hind toe much shorter than the inner one and 
weak; the claws strong, moderate, and slightly curved. Head, neck, and front ol the bieast denuded ol 
feathers ; and the nostrils of the males furnished above with a caruncle. 
Established by Savigny (Hist, de tEgypte Zool. i. p. 75.) in 1 809- 
t i his genus was established by Dumeril in (Zoo logic Analytlque, p. 
coequal with the one used. 
Cuvier, in 1817, proposed Percnopterus for the same type. 
32.) 1806'; and, in 1816 , Vieillot proposed Gypagus, which is 
