. Birds. Birds. 826 TTJIiTUEID^. 1197. Neophron gii^^ianus. The Smaller W Mte Scavenger Vulture. Vultur g^nginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 7 (1790). Neophron percnopterus, Slyth, Cat. p. 33, pt.; Horsf. Sr M. Cat, \, p. 6, pt.; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 12 ; nee L. Neophron ginginianus, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 233; Hume, Sough Notes, p. 31; Stoliaiha, J. A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 12; xli, pt. 2, p. 230; Blanford, J. A. S. B. ssxym, pt. 2, p. 165; Hume, N, §• X p. 9; id. S. F. i. p. 150; id. Cat. no. 6; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 18; Legge, S. F. iii, p. 195; id. Birds Ceyl. p. 2; Ball, 8. F. Tii, p. 196;
. Birds. Birds. 826 TTJIiTUEID^. 1197. Neophron gii^^ianus. The Smaller W Mte Scavenger Vulture. Vultur g^nginianus, Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 7 (1790). Neophron percnopterus, Slyth, Cat. p. 33, pt.; Horsf. Sr M. Cat, \, p. 6, pt.; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 12 ; nee L. Neophron ginginianus, Blyth, Ibis, 1866, p. 233; Hume, Sough Notes, p. 31; Stoliaiha, J. A. 8. B. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 12; xli, pt. 2, p. 230; Blanford, J. A. S. B. ssxym, pt. 2, p. 165; Hume, N, §• X p. 9; id. S. F. i. p. 150; id. Cat. no. 6; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 18; Legge, S. F. iii, p. 195; id. Birds Ceyl. p. 2; Ball, 8. F. Tii, p. 196; Vidal, 8. , p. 29 ; Butler, ibid. p. 369; Damson, 8. F. X, p. 333; Barnes, Birds Bom. p. 7; Oates in Hume's N. 8f E. 2nd ed. iu, p. 213. 8ufed Gidh, Kal Murgh, H.; Telia borawa, Tel.; Manju Tiridi, JPittri Gedda, Pdpd, Pdpd parundu, Fig. 84.—Head of If. ginginianus, ^. Coloration. Adult. Plumage, almost throughout white; winglet and primaries hlack, the latter grey outside, brown inside towards- the base; secondaries whity brown or grey on the outer web outside, blackish brown elsewhere ; tertiaries pale brown throiigh-r out. A brownish or greyish tinge on the scapulars and wing- coverts, and sometimes elsewhere, is a sign of immaturity. The neck-hackles are often stained rusty. Young birds are at first blackish brown, the scattered down on the head and throat black, then pale tips appear on some of the neck-hackles and breast-feathers and on the smaller wing-coverts, giving a speckled appearance; the back, breast, and greater wing- coverts are mottled with whitish blotches. The change to the adult plumage is graduaL Bill in adults horny yellow; cere and sides of head and throat yellow ; hides dark brown; legs dirty yellow ; claws pale horny. In young birds the bill is dark; naked parts of head and throat grey; legs and feet cinereous. Length about 24; tail 9-5; wing 18'25; tarsus 3-1; mid-toe- without claw 2"5; bill from gape to tip Please note that
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