5S 



VERTEIUiATA, 



THB TURKEY BUZZARD. 



THE DLACK VULTURE. 



These birds will approach dwellings when allured by the scent of food, and a dead animal will 

 draw down a crowd of these gluttons where none were before visible ; they tear and eat with 

 the greatest voracity, pushing with their feet and clapping their wing.s, and seeming to be in an 

 ecstasy of mingled rage and delight. The spectacle of the feeding of the condors in the Garden 



