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CHAPTER VII. 



Vultures.— Loathsome Feeders. — Strength of.— Snake-Eater.— Mode of 

 Killing Serpents. — Hawks. — Character of. — Hawking for Bustards. — 

 Value of. — Iceland Falcons much prized. — Falconry in Former Days. 

 — Contest with Herons. — Modes of Catching. — The Sparrow-Hawk. — 

 Anecdotes. — The Glede, or Kite. — Herons. — Food of the Hawk Tribe. 

 — Their Disposition. — The Hawks sacred to the Egyptians and Turks. 



Vultures are nearly allied to the Eagles in point of size and 

 some of their habits ; they yet differ from them considerably 

 in others ; generally speaking, they may be easily distinguished 

 by the head and part of the neck being either quite naked or 



The Vulture. 



covered with a short down. Instead of ranging over hill and 

 valley in pursuit of living game, they confine their search to 

 dead and putrefying carcases, which they prefer ; and justly 



