Gen. Vultur, Lin., in part.
Syn. Aegypius, Sav. - Polypteryx, Hodgs.
Tail with twelve feathers. Bill rather short, strong, deep, curving from the end of cere ; nostrils, round or oval; tarsus feathered from more than half of its length ; claws strong, rather acute. The neck ruff advances upwards towards the hinder part of the head, and there is a transverse occipital crest of down; otherwise as in the characters of the sub-family.
Syn. Aegypius, Sav. - Polypteryx, Hodgs.
Tail with twelve feathers. Bill rather short, strong, deep, curving from the end of cere ; nostrils, round or oval; tarsus feathered from more than half of its length ; claws strong, rather acute. The neck ruff advances upwards towards the hinder part of the head, and there is a transverse occipital crest of down; otherwise as in the characters of the sub-family.
