80 The Birds of British. Guiana. 



either .soaring high \\\ the air, or scrummaging around a dead 

 dog or fowl thrown out on the roadside. At a distance these 

 \ultures might easily be mistaken by the uninitiated for small 

 turkeys, hence their alternate popular name. On the ground 

 they move with a hop and a stride. 



The King Vulture is so dcsignaied from ihe gaudy 

 colours and coruncle thai adorn his bald head, giving him 

 the appearance of being crowned; not from any courageous 

 or kingly qualities. 



PLagies and large \'ullures huikl their nesls amid rocky 

 ledges on crags in retired places; hawks build nests of sticks 

 in trees, or even utilize the abandoned nests of other birds. 

 The smaller vultures build their nests on .the ground or on low 

 shrubs in retired places. < )n this account, the Black Wdture 

 has been almost exterminated in Jamaica l)y the Mongoose, 

 unfortunately introduced into thai country, for these animals 

 love eggs. 



Ha^yks' eggs are generally beautiful objects (C)spreys" 

 particularly so), being streaked and blotched with rich red, 

 brown, o.- purple. The cr\ ot hawks and eagles is a pee\ish 

 sneer or Siiarl : that of vultures generally a grunt. 



Hawks are recognised as enemies by all the feather'-c! 

 tribes and mobbed without mere)- whenever they appear. It 

 is a common sight in Georgetown to see the '"hima-Chima 

 Hawk pursued by Xiskadees or even Swallows. 



Hawks and Vlltures (Colonial.) Catltartidiformes — 

 Accipitriformes. 



]v.ff.'lt' like forms {AqniUnaf — 



()-])r.'>' I'r Fishini.' K;iq;le l^'imlmn haluii'ius 



H;ir|)\ Knylf Thrni^ttix 'iiir/);//(i 



Crowned Eagle (or liiizzanl) .MnrpJunci ifiiidni')/.^/.^ 

 White-breasted, or t'ro\vi>eil 



Hawk-eagle S/ir.iartii.^ oy>/<itii.< 

 "Black-breasted, or Crowned 



Hawk-eagle .. f>/rini>ni.< 



Black Hawk-eagle Spiiia.^tcr tueldnn/curits 



{'alhuftiflifoniirf— 



Kino- Ynlturi" (r'l/itarrlin.s fia/m 



Black-headed \ ulture (Carrion 



Grow, elf.) Calharii^ta atralui} {uruLu) 



