. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . ; Sykes, P. Z. , p. 77 ; Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. S. x, p. 63 ; Gray in Ind. Zool. i, pi. 15, fig. 1. Otogyps calvus, G. R. Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 6; Blyth, Cat. p. 32Horsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 2; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 7 ; Stoliczka, Bxli, pt. 2, p. 230; Hume, N.^E.^.l; Davidson, S. F. ii, p. 336Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 14; Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 228; ButlerS. F. iii, p. 441; vii, p. 179; ix, p. 369; Blanford, S. F. v, p. 245Htime ^ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 1; Davidson ^ Wend. S. F. vii, p. 72Gurney, ibid. p. 170; Ball, ibid. p.
. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma . ; Sykes, P. Z. , p. 77 ; Jerdon, Mad. Jour. L. S. x, p. 63 ; Gray in Ind. Zool. i, pi. 15, fig. 1. Otogyps calvus, G. R. Gray, Gen. B. i, p. 6; Blyth, Cat. p. 32Horsf. 8f M. Cat. i, p. 2; Jerdon, B. I. i, p. 7 ; Stoliczka, Bxli, pt. 2, p. 230; Hume, N.^E.^.l; Davidson, S. F. ii, p. 336Sharpe, Cat. B. M. i, p. 14; Brooks, S. F. iii, p. 228; ButlerS. F. iii, p. 441; vii, p. 179; ix, p. 369; Blanford, S. F. v, p. 245Htime ^ Dav. S. F. vi, p. 1; Davidson ^ Wend. S. F. vii, p. 72Gurney, ibid. p. 170; Ball, ibid. p. 196; Cripps, ibid. p. 240Hume, Cat. no. 2; Bingham, S. F. viii, p. 190; ix, p. 142; ScidlyS. F. viii, p. 217; Doig, ibid. p. 370; Vidal, S. F. ix, p. 29;Davison, S. F. x, p. 331; Hume, S. F. xi, p. 2 ; Oates, B. B. ii,p. 171; id. in Humes N. 8f E. 2nd ed. iii, p. 209; Barnes, BirdsBom. p. 3; id. Jour. Bom. N. H. Soc. i, p. 38; iii, p. , Mulla-gidh, Bhaonra, H.; Lung-nong-loong, Lepcha; RajSagun, Beng.; Nella Boraica, Tel.; Rannapanta, Fig. 82,—Head of 0. calvus, ^. Coloration. Adult. Scattered black hairs on the nape and sidesof^ithe head and on the throat, more closely set around the ear-orifice: head above and neck bare; plumage generally glossy GYPS. 319 black, brownish on the scapulars, lower back, and rump ; secondaryquills brown with black tips; ruff inconspicuous, black, thefeathers white at the base; crop-patch dark brown, surrounded,except anteriorly, by white down ; upper thighs and anterior partof flanks white and downy. The young are brown above and below ; feathers of the breastand abdomen with paler edges; under tail-coverts whitish ; theruff of rather longer brown feathers. The crown of the head iscovered with white down. Bill dark brown; cere, skin of head and neck deep yellowishred, a conspicuous naked patch on each side of the crop and alarge naked oval area in front of each thigh the same; irides red-brown or yellow ; legs dull red (leg
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