. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. 394 VULTUEID^ NEOPHRON 560. Neophron percnopterus. Egyiitian Vulhire. Vultur percnopterus, Limi. Syst. Nat. i, p. 123 (1766). L'Ouri-gourap, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. i, p. 62, pi. 14 (1799). Neophron tegyptiacus, Smith, 8. A. Quart. Jouriu i, p. 16 (1829). Neophron percnopterus, Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 236 (Natal); id. Descript. Cat. Eapt. B. p. 50 (1861); Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 8 (1867) ; Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 1 (1872); 81iar])e, Cat. B. M. i, p. 17 (1874) ; id. ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 6, 794 (1875-84) ; Butler, Feilden, and
. The birds of South Africa. Birds -- South Africa. 394 VULTUEID^ NEOPHRON 560. Neophron percnopterus. Egyiitian Vulhire. Vultur percnopterus, Limi. Syst. Nat. i, p. 123 (1766). L'Ouri-gourap, Levaill. Ois. d'Afr. i, p. 62, pi. 14 (1799). Neophron tegyptiacus, Smith, 8. A. Quart. Jouriu i, p. 16 (1829). Neophron percnopterus, Gurney, Ibis, 1859, p. 236 (Natal); id. Descript. Cat. Eapt. B. p. 50 (1861); Layard, B. 8. Afr. p. 8 (1867) ; Gurney in Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 1 (1872); 81iar])e, Cat. B. M. i, p. 17 (1874) ; id. ed. Layard's B. 8. Afr. pp. 6, 794 (1875-84) ; Butler, Feilden, and Eeid, Zool. 1882, p. 167 ; 8helley, B. Afr. i, p. 155 (1896) ; Woodward Bros. Natal B. p. 137 (1899) ; Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 255 [Mashonaland]; Beichenoiv, Vog. Afr. i, p. 521 (1901). " Pharoah's Hen" or " Pharoah's Chickens" of English; "Witte Kraai" ( White Crow) of the Fig. 136.—Tail of Neophron percnopterus. Description. Adult.—Top of the head, sides of the face and throat bare, except for a few scattered bristles and feathers in front of the eye ; the feathers commencing on the occiput and continuing down the back of the neck, those on the occiput lanceolate and erect forming a ruff; general colour throughout a dirty white shghtly tinged, especially on the neck, with pale rufous; winglet. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stark, Arthur Cowell, d. 1899; Sclater, William Lutley, 1863-1944. London, R. H. Porter
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