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was hatched in London after fifty-four days’ incubation, but 
apparently nearly a year is taken to gain full powers of flight. 
Gyparchus papa, the King Vulture, of tropical America, save the 
West Indies, has a small fleshy crest on the cere in both sexes, 
but no wattles, though the skin of the sides of the head is 
wrinkled; the occiput is hairy, and a ruff of broad plumbeous 
feathers surrounds the neck. The rump, tail, and most of the 
Fic, 87.—Condor. Sarcorhamphus gryphus 2. x 4-4. 
wings are black; the remaining plumage being creamy white, the 
bare throat and back of the neck yellow, the skin of the head and 
neck elsewhere orange and red with blue patches near the ears, 
the bill orange and black, the irides white. This bird haunts 
woods near rivers and marshes, especially towards the coast, and 
feeds on snakes and carrion, from which it drives all other species ; 
in flight, habit of gorging, and eggs, it resembles the Condor. 
to} oler/ 
Little smaller is the Californian Vulture (Pseudogryphus califor- 
nianus), formerly extending to the Fraser River in British 
