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ACCIPITRES. 



SUB-FAMILY III. 



VULTURIN.E. 



The Vultures proper. 



Gen. Charac— Bill long, strong, more elevated than broad, the sides more or 

 less compressed, the base covered with a cere for nearly half the length of 

 the bill, and the tip suddenly hooked over the lower mandil)le ; nostrils 

 placed in the cere, with their openings oblique and exposed ; wings length- 

 ened ; tarsi covered with small scales ; the middle toe longer than the tarsi, 

 while the lateral toes are much shorter. 



Fig. 10. — THE ARABIAN VILTUEE. 



{Vultur monachus.) 



This sub-family compreliends a number of large 

 birds peculiar to tlie warmer parts of the Old World. 



