Neophron

In the newly discovered version -- written by Greek playwright Neophron -- Medea doesn't kill her children, says Dirk Obbink, director of Oxford's Oxyrhynchus Papyri Project.

The Next Age of Discovery 2009

At least 30 species are known to breed on Socotra, including a significant population of Egyptian vultures (Neophron percnopterus).

Socotra Island xeric shrublands 2008

In Egypt it is the Neophron Percnopterus (Jerdon) or N. Gingianus (Latham), the

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Other birds include Egyptian vulture, Neophron percnopterus, Bonelli's eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus, booted eagle H. pennatus, marsh harrier Circus aeruginosus, lanner falcon Falco biarmicus, peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus (threatened), collared pratincole Glareola pratincola and Moussier's redstart Phoenicurus moussieri.

Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia 2008

Among the most prominent bird species to be mentioned are griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus), golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus), and Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus).

Northwest Iberian montane forests 2008

Eagles (_Aquila imperialis_ and the rarer _Aquila fulva_), vultures (_Vultur monachus_, _Gyps fulvus_, _Neophron percnopterus_), owls, kites, and the smaller birds of prey are extraordinarily abundant; singing birds are consequently rare.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

Perhaps the commonest vulture of the Himalayas is that very familiar fowl -- the small white scavenger vulture (_Neophron ginginianus_), often called Pharaoh's chicken and other opprobrious names that I will not mention.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

One of these is the smaller white scavenger vulture (_Neophron ginginianus_), which is probably the ugliest bird in the world.

Birds of the Indian Hills Douglas Dewar 1916

It is common in Egypt, where it is popularly called "Pharaoh's chicken" (the Neophron percnopterus), and is found in Palestine only during summer.

Easton's Bible Dictionary M.G. Easton 1897

Jupiter changed Egypius and Neophron into vultures, Bulis into a duck, and Timandra into a sparrow-hawk.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853