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NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



time kept alive. It was, Kowever, impatient of confinement, and succeeded 

 in tearing the cord that confined him from his legs, and in making his escape. 

 Dr. Cooper also saw one of these Vultures in confinement, at Monterey, in 

 the possession of Dr. Canfield. This was a full-grown individual which he 

 had raised from the nest. It had been fed exclusively on fresh meat, had 

 no offensive smell, and was clean and shining. It was gentle and familiar, 



Pseudo^yphus californianus. 



but seemed stupid, and dozed most of the time on a fence. This was subse- 

 quently presented to the Zoological Society of London, and formed the sub- 

 ject of our figure. The figure of the young bird on the next page is taken 

 from a photograph of the same specimen at an early age. 



Dr. Heermann, in his Report on Lieutenant Williamson's Survey, mentions 

 having observed this Vulture sailing majestically in wide circles at a great 

 height, and ranging by its powers of flight over an immense space of coun- 



