VULTURES. 



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K FLOCK OF SOUTH AMERICAN VULTURES. 



i|y ,^ He is a magnificent bird, of al)ont two 

 ^ feet and a half in length, and upwards 

 of five feet across the expanded wings. 

 The neck is brilliantly coloured of a fine 

 lemon tint ; both sides of the neck, from tlie 

 ears downwards, are of a rich scarlet. The 

 crown of the head is scarlet, and between the 

 lower mandi])le and the eye, and close to tlie 

 eye, there is a part which has a fine bhio a]~>- 

 pearance ; the skin which juts out behind the 

 neck, like a carbuncle, is partly blue and partly 

 orange. The bill is orange and black. Ilound 

 the bottom of the neck is a broad rufi' of soft, 

 downy, ash-gray feathers, and the back and tail- 



