VULTUI^ES. 



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Sith-Fainily 1 V. 



THE EAGLE VULTURES. GYPOHIERACIN^.* 



General Characteristics. — Bill lengthened, much compressed on the sides, and 

 the base covered with a cere for one-third of the length of the bill ; wings lengthened 

 and pointed ; tarsi covered with rather large reticulated scales. 



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Tio II —The Angola Vlltirc (Gypohierax Aitgolcnsis). 



The type of this sub-famil)- — 



The Angola Vtilture {Gypohicrax Angolensis) is supposed to be peculiar 

 to Western Africa, but its habits are, on account of its rarity, at present entirely 

 unknown. 



7i5-/', gj'ps, a vulture ; i^pa^, hierax, a hawk : hawk-vulture. 



