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THE GEIFFON VULTUEE. 



VULTUR FULVUS. 



Head and neck covered with short white down ; ruff dull reddish white ; upper 

 jilumage various shades of brown ; under plumage dull yellow-brown, lighter in 

 front ; quills and tail-feathers brownish black ; beak livid yellow ; cere flesh- 

 coloured ; iris reddish orange ; legs and feet grey ; claws black. Length four 

 feet. Eggs white. 



In order to watch the Vulture in its haunts, we must quit 

 the shores of Britain and repair to warmer countries, 



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