OTOGYPS.
Nostrils oval, perpendicular; head and neck with little down.
Otogyps auricularis (Daudin).
j 9 General colour brown ; head and neck nearly naked, bluish grey to dull reddish violet ; on the chin some long black hairs ; beneath feathers of underparts is a thick white down, becoming brown on thighs ; on lower neck a frill of lanceolate brown feathers with paler margins ; these extend down centre of breast. Bill blackish horn. Cere slaty grey. Legs and feet blue
grey. Iris dark brown. Wing 750-790. Tarsus 130. Bill from cere 70-74 (H.).
An African species, whose range extends to Lower Egypt.