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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. 



TTULTURES 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 



The Vulture. 



quite naked or 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 



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