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NATURAL HISTORY. 



Family III Vulturidco. (Lat. Vultur. Vulture kind.) 



Sub-family a. Vnlturince. 



GYPS. 



Fulvus (Lat. iaiony), the Or (if on. Vulture. 



for sight, and others, as Waterton, asserting that the scent of 

 putrid animal matter leads the vultures to their prey. The 

 experiment of stuffing a deer's hide and placing it exposed in 

 the open air was by no means conclusive, as the hide, however 

 dry, must have given out some odour, and the vulture certainly 

 acted very properly in pulling out the straw and endeavouring 

 to get at the inside. The probability is that both senses are 

 used, one aiding the other ; for in another experiment, where 

 a dead hog was hidden under canes and briars, numbers of 

 vultures were seen sailing in. all directions over the spot, 

 evidently directed by the scent, but unable to discover by 



