THE VULTURE. 



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The Griffon Vulture, which is one of the largest birds of prey of the Old Continent, measuring from 

 three feet and a half to four feet in length, and more than twice as much in the expanse of its wings, is 

 found -on the lofty mountain chains of Europe, Asia, and Africa. The nest of the Griffon Vulture is 

 formed in the clefts of rocks. It lays from two to foui eggs. 



The Sociable Vulture is a bird of extreme rarity. In size it is fully equal to the Condor, the larger 

 specimens measuring upwards often feet in the expanse of their wings. The head and greater part of the 

 neck are of the color of raw flesh, and exhibit only a few scarcely perceptible scattered hairs. The throat 

 is covered with blackish hairs, and the lower part of the neck behind with a kind of ruff of crisped and 



•;urhng feathers. 



It is a native of Southern Africa. 



Eagle and Tortoise 



Sociable Vulture. 



Group of Birds. 



Condor 



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