. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 384 VULTDEID^ GTPS Gyps kolbi, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 157 ; Gurney i:i Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 5 (1872); Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 8, pi. 1 (1874) ; BucMey, Ibis, 1874, p. 358; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 1, 793 (1876-84:); Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 166 [New- castle] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 237 [Mashonaland]; Holub Sf Pelzeln, Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 14 (1882) ; Distant, Transvaal, p. 69 (1892) [Pretoria] ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 154 (1896); Woodtvard Bros. Natal B. p. 136 (1899); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 254 [Mashonaland] ; Beichenow
. The birds of South Africa. Birds. 384 VULTDEID^ GTPS Gyps kolbi, Blyth, Ibis, 1870, p. 157 ; Gurney i:i Andersson's B. Damaraland, p. 5 (1872); Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 8, pi. 1 (1874) ; BucMey, Ibis, 1874, p. 358; Sharpe, ed. Layard's B. S. Afr. pp. 1, 793 (1876-84:); Butler, Feilden, and Beid, Zool. 1882, p. 166 [New- castle] ; Shelley, Ibis, 1882, p. 237 [Mashonaland]; Holub Sf Pelzeln, Orn. Siid-Afr. p. 14 (1882) ; Distant, Transvaal, p. 69 (1892) [Pretoria] ; Shelley, B. Afr. i, p. 154 (1896); Woodtvard Bros. Natal B. p. 136 (1899); Marshall, Ibis, 1900, p. 254 [Mashonaland] ; Beichenow, Vbg. Afr. i, p. 517 (1901). "Aasvogel," , carrion bird or " Witte aasvogeP'.of Dutch. "Xalanga" of Amaxosa (Stanford). "Inge" of Natal Zulus. Description. Adult.—Head and upper part of the neck covered with sparse dirty white down or hair; at the base of the back of the neck a ruff of decomposed dirty white feathers; general colour of the back including the wing and upper tail-coverts pale ashy-fulvous,. Pig. 183".—Gyps holbii. x , nearly all the feather with dark brown bases which here and there show themselves, especially on the rump and upper tail-coverts, giving a mottled appearance to these parts, a pale shaft stripe on the lower back and rump; primary quills and tail-feathers black, the secondaries a little more ashy and tipped with pale ashy-fulvous; crop patch dark brown; rest of the under-surface including the under wing and tail-coverts white with a slight creamy tinge. Iris reddish-yellow or dark hazel; bill horn colour ; cere livid; naked skin of head and neck, legs and feet, livid blue. Length 47-0; wing 28-0; tail 12-0; culmen 3-40; tarsus 4-25; weight of an adult 32 lbs. (Distant). A young bird has the ruff composed of lanceolated brown-edged. 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
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