R. aura. ¼ nat. size.

R. aura. (¼.)

R. burrovianus. (¼.)

Neophron percnopterus. (¼.)

Rhinogryphus aura. (¼.)

The species of this genus are only two in number, one of them (aura) extending over the whole of America, with the exception of the colder portions; the other (burrovianus) confined to the eastern tropical region. They may be distinguished as follows:—