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 THE ANGOLA VULTURE. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Bill flrait, hooked at the tip. 



Head commonly bare of feathers, with a naked fkin in front, 



To^fGUE bifid. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. 



White Vulture, with naked flefli-coloured orbits, the longer wing-feathers 



and bafe of the tail black. 

 Angola Vulture. 



Pennant's Tour in Wales j vol. i. p. 22S, /. 15. 

 Lath. Synopf. 1. p. 18. 



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THE very rare fpecies of Vulture here reprefented, is poflefled of a de- 

 gree of elegance not often feen in this voracious tribe. In fizc it is 

 not far inferior to a goofe, but is of a more flender make. The bill is of a 

 pale or whitifh colour ; the cere, or bare fliin at the bafe, blueifh ; the irides 

 ftraw-coloured, and the eyes are furrounded by a bare flefli-coloured fkin. 

 The head is not naked, as in moft other vultures, but clothed with feathers. 

 The whole bird is white, except the larger wing-feathers, or remiges, whicli 



y 2 are 



