Mr. E. Blyth on the Birds of India. 
Subfam. Neophroninje. 
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Genus Neophron, Savigny. 
81.. N. percnopterus. (PI. Enl. 407,429; Gould’s B. E. 
pi. 3.) 
Syn. Vultur 'percnopterus , L. (nec Pallas). V. leucocephalus 
et V. fuscus, Gmelin. V. ginginianus et V. albus, Daudin. V. 
meleagris, Pallas. V. fuscus, Boddaert. V. leucocephalus , Brisson. 
Percnopterus cegyptiacus, Stephens. 
Hab. Warmer regions of Europe, Asia, and Africa: abundant 
on the plains of India; rare and accidental below the tideway 
of the rivers in Lower Bengal. A summer visitant in Afghanistan. 
Pam. GYPAETIDiE. 
Genus Gypaetos, Storr. 
82. G. barbatus. (Gould’s B. E. pi. 4.) 
Syn. Vultur barbatus, L. V. barbarus et Falco magnus, Gmelin. 
V. leucocephalus et V. melanocephalus, Meyer. G. grandis, Storr. 
G. alpinus, G. castaneus, et G, aureus, Daudin. G. himalayanus, 
Pearson*. G. hemachalanus, Hutton. Phene ossifraga, Savigny. 
Polypteryx cupido, Hodgson f. 
Hab. High mountains of Europe and Asia; Himalaya; Af¬ 
ghanistan ; Salt and Sulimani ranges. ‘ Golden Eagle 9 of An¬ 
glo-Indian residents in the Himalaya {vide Adams, in P. Z. S. 
1858, p. 467). 
Tribe II. Nocturne. 
Fam. STBIGIDiE. 
Subfam. BuboninjeJ. 
Genus Huhua, Hodgson. 
83. H. orientalis. (PI. Col. 174, 229.) 
* “ I see them both with and without the pectoral band ” (the late 
Lieut. Trotter, in epistola). 
4 Prince Bonaparte recognises as distinct G. orientalis ( meridionalis , 
Brehm), from the Pyrenees, Sardinia, Arabia, and Abyssinia, and G. nudipes , 
from Africa. 
X A Nepalese shikari in the employ of Mr. Hodgson, and brought by 
him to Calcutta, very positively recognized the Bubo maximus as a species 
