A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c29.201

v2.c29.201

⁵⁴⁶ Cf. Su.Sū.46.74. P. Rāy and H.N. Gupta (1965): Gypaetus barbatus, the bearded vulture. P.V. Sharma: bearded vulture. Gulabkunverba: idem. R.K. Sharma and Bhagwan Dash: idem. See on Gypaetus barbatus aureus (Hablizl), the Himalayan bearded vulture: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 314–316; this is one of the largest birds of India (N. Majumdar, 1986: 297). K.N. Dave (1985: 191–192, 199) mentions that a second bird called bhāsa is Neophron percnopterus, the white scavenger vulture. See on Neophron percnopterus percnopterus (Linnaeus), the Egyptian vulture, and N. percnopterus ginginianus (Latham), the Indian scavenger vulture: S. Ali and S.D. Ripley 1, 310–314.