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VEUTEBRATA, 



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THE VULTUPJD^. 



In noticing the numerous family of FalconidiE, we began with the True Falcons, and thence pro- 

 ceeded through the various species of Hawks, Goshawks, Kites, Buzzards, Harriers, and Eagles, 

 until we met with several genera, which, alike by their conformation and habits, combined some- 

 thing of the vigor and daring of the Falcons with the more cowardly and gluttonous qualities of 

 the Vultures. These latter were a natural introduction to the study of the true Vultures ; here, 

 however, at the threshold, we are met with one conspicuous instance in which the prominent 



