Q GRIFFON VULTURE. 
a place of security, from whence it can descend to its 
predatory attacks— 
‘When from the mountain tops with hideous ery, 
And clattering wings the hungry Harpies fly.” 
The nest can only be composed of coarse materials, 
and is doubtless as coarsely compacted. 
The eges are, as is usual with birds of prey, but few 
in number; only two or three. They are of a dull 
white colour, sometimes marked more or less with a 
few very pale red, or, rather, yellow blots. The form 
varies: in some tapering towards one end, and in others 
both ends being equally, or nearly equally obtuse. 
