. Birds. Birds. GYPAErus. 329 p. 236; Stoliczka, J. A. S. S. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 12; Hume, Bough Notes, p. 35 ; Belmi Raddife, Ibis, 1871, p. 363 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 41; Hume 8f Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 170 ; Hume, N. ijr B. p. 12; id. S. F. i, p. 151; id. Cat. no. 7 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 228; BaU, S. F. iii, p. 205 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 99 ; Sculltf, S. F. -viii, p. 221; Barnes, S. F. ix, pp. 214, 451; Biddiilph, Ibis, 1881, p. 39; Scully, ibid. p. 416; Barnes, Birds Bom. p, 8; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 150; Oates in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 127 ; Sharpe, Yarka
. Birds. Birds. GYPAErus. 329 p. 236; Stoliczka, J. A. S. S. xxxvii, pt. 2, p. 12; Hume, Bough Notes, p. 35 ; Belmi Raddife, Ibis, 1871, p. 363 ; Blanford, J. A. S. B. xli, pt. 2, p. 41; Hume 8f Henders. Lah. to Yark. p. 170 ; Hume, N. ijr B. p. 12; id. S. F. i, p. 151; id. Cat. no. 7 ; Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 228; BaU, S. F. iii, p. 205 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1875, p. 99 ; Sculltf, S. F. -viii, p. 221; Barnes, S. F. ix, pp. 214, 451; Biddiilph, Ibis, 1881, p. 39; Scully, ibid. p. 416; Barnes, Birds Bom. p, 8; St. John, Ibis, 1889, p. 150; Oates in Hume's N. ^ E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 127 ; Sharpe, Yarkand Miss., Aves, p. 6. Gypaetus hemachalanua, Hutton, J. A. S. B. vii, p. 22 (). Argul, H., Mussooree ; Okhdb, Kg. 85.—Head of G. barbatus, ^. Coloration. Advlt. Bristles on lores, cere, and chin, supercilia more or less united across the occiput, and narrow stripe below ear-coverts black; remainder of head all round and throat white, speckled with black, more in younger, less in older birds; nape, neek all round, and lower parts white, tinged to a varying extent with ferruginous, and, except in very old birds, with an imperfect blackish-brown gorget, the feathers pale-shafted; upper back and smaller wing-coverts black with narrow white shaft-stripes, that are broader at the tip ; rest of upper plumage deep silvery grey, the shafts white and the edges of the feathers blackish, the black edges disappearing in old birds on the quills and tail; some brown feathers on the lower back and rump; under wing-coverts blackish with white shaft-stripes, which are very broad on the axillaries. The above is the fully adult plumage, but most birds have brown and whitish patches on the upper parts and blackish marks on the neck and breast. Toimg birds of the year have the head and neck black, the upper parts blackish brown, lower parts brownish grey; usually there is some white on the back and often on the base of the tail. Bill horny, the tip darker; irides pale orange, the scl
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