Size and Weight 401 
An adult Griffon weighs about 18 lb. (not qo lb. as some 
writers on Spain have asserted), and the expanse of wing varies 
YOUNG GRIFFON VULTURE, ABOUT SIX WEEKS OLD, FEIGNING DEATH. 
from 8 ft. to 9 ft.; when on the wing the tips of their primaries 
are widely separated like the extended fingers of one’s hand. 
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