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p. 6. 



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7 



fpecie Gallo'Pavonis 



9 



ViiUur GalUnce Africans facie. Illf. Jam. 294. Vol. 2. 



Urulm Brafilienfihm Marg. p. 107. Ed. 164S. Willughh. Angl p'(i%. 



Syn. av. />. 10 



Vidturi affinh BrafiUenfis Urubu Marg.^ Raij Syn. p. 180.-- Tropiktle, five Aura, Hernandez, p. 32,1^ gu 



oad 



dejcriptionem. Cozaquautitli de Hernandez, edit, a Ximcn. p. 186. Aura Nieremb. 



- 1 



The 



Buzzard. 



BUS E a figure de Paon. 



weigh 



f; 



our 



pound 



s an 



HIS Bird 



an half. The head and part of th 



neck red, bald and flefhy, like that 



of a Turky, befet thinly with black 



hairs 

 half 



the bill is two inches and 



th 



e 



d 



an 



long, 

 d hooked 



half covered v/ith flefh 



E T Oifeau pefe quatre livres &' de/m. 

 II a la tete &' U7i pariie du cou rouges^ 

 chauves ^ chaniues comjne celin d'un 

 di?tdo?t. 



noirs 



clairement feme~es de poils 

 fon bee efi de deux pouces &^ 



de 



demi de long., ^ 



a moitie convert 



but without angles on the lides of the upper man- 



The noilrils are remarkably large and open, 

 fituated at ail unufual diftance from the eves : the 



d 



c. 



like that of a Hawk ; chair-i &' le hout^ qui efi blanc, efi croc he comme celui 



d^un Faucon ; 7nais il na point de crochets aux cotes de 



la mandibule fuperieure : les narmes font tres grandes. 



feathers of the whole body have a mixture of bro 

 purpl 



col 



e 



our 



and 



th 



g 



reen 



th 



^g 



s are 



fhort 



or a 



flefh 



eir toes are 



Dunghil-fowls ; thel 

 ed as thofe of Hawk 



The 



ir 



food 



is carrion 



ey are always foaring in th 



tres ouverteSi ^ placees a une diflajtce extraor 



dinaire des yeux : les plu?nes de tout le corps ont U7te 



melange de brun^ de pourprcy &^ de verd : fes jambes 



like thofe of foitt courtes &^ de couleur de chair ^ fes doigts longs 



black, and not fo hook- comme ceux des coqs domejliqiies^ W fes griff es^ qui font 



noireSy ne font pas f crochues que celles des Faucons. 

 Jls fe nourriffeitt de charogney &^ vohigent fa?2s ceffe 



long-lliaped 



in 



fearcl 



1 a 



fter 



w 



hich 



long time on th 



They 



pour tdcher d'e?2 decouvrir. Us fe tieftnent lo?2g -terns 



e wing, and with an eafy fwimmnig 



:in mount and fall, without any vifitble m 

 of their wings. A dead carcafs will attradl tog 

 great numbers of them; and it is pleafant to ob 



fur r aiky &^ montent ^ defcendent d\m vol aife^ 

 fans quon puiffe s" apperqevoir du mouve7nent de leurs 



at les. 



Une charogne attire U7t grand 7to?nbre de ces 

 OifeauXy ^ il y a du plaifr a etre prefent au:>c 



in 



feedin 



their conte 

 prefides at 

 diftance while he fatiates himfelf 



An Eagle fometimes difputes quils' ont entreux en mangeajit. Une Aigle 



the banquet, and makes them keep 



th 



eir 



Thefe Birds have a wonderful fagacity in fmell- 



prefde quelquefois au fefliny M les fait te?iir a V ecart 



pendant quelle fe repait. - . 



Ces Oifeaux ont un odorat merveilleux : il ny a 



no fooner there is a dead beaft, but they are pas plutot une charogf^e quon les voit ve7nr de toutes 



feen approaching from all quarters of the air, wheel- partSy e7t tournant toujourSy &^ defce?tda72t peu a peuy 



On 

 nigh their prey, till at length they fall upon it They croit gmeralement qtiils ne 7nange72t rie7i qui ait viey 

 are generally thought not to prey on any thing liv- , 7nais je fqai qtiil y e7i a qui ont tue des ag77eauxy 



ing 



ihg about, and gradually defcending and drawing jifqua ce quenfi7t ils tombe7it fur leur proye. 



ing 



though 



I have known them kill Lambs 



and 



Snakes are their ufual food. 



Th 



eir cu 



fto 



^Ue les fe?^pens fo77t leur nourritU7^e ordinaire. 



La 



m is to coutu77ie de ces Oifeaux ef de fe jucher plufeurs €71- 

 rooft, many of them together, on tall dead Pine or fe7nble fur des pins 7norts ou des cypres ; ^ le 77iatin 

 Cypres- trees, and in the morning continue feveral ils refe7tt plufeurs heures a leur juchoiry les ailes 



hours on their rooft, with their wings Ipread open : 



deployees 



n que V air^ a ce que je crois^ P^^^ff^ P^^^ 



that the air, as I believe, may have the greater rifer plus facilement leurs vilaines car cafes. Ils ne 



influence to purify their filthy carcafles. They are craigne7tt gueres le da77gery ^ fe laiffeiit approcher 



little apprehenfive of danger, and will fuffer a near de preSy fur tout lotfquils 7na7ige72t.. 

 approach, efpecially when they are eating. 



