THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE Neophron percnopterus (Linnæus)
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This is another South European species of which two examples have been obtained, one in Somersetshire and one in Essex.
The adult is white with black primaries, the head and neck being bare of feathers and yellow in colour. The young bird is dark brown and does not acquire its full plumage for three years. Length 26 in.; wing 19 in.
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