BIRDS OF PREY: VULTURES. 



61 



ally larger than the males. They live in pairs, and 

 choose their mates for life. 



VULTURES. 



Vultures have the head nearly naked or thinly cov- 



Fig. 104. California Vulture. 



ered with feathers, and, unlike the other rapacious birds, 

 seldom capture prey, but feed upon dead and decaying 



