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of society : each nest contains generally two, and 

 sometimes three eggs, of a white colour and of no 

 unpleasing taste. The Oricou is a species of 

 great " voracity, and when attacked or wounded 

 defends itself with prodigious strength and resolu- 

 tion, but is naturally of an indolent and sluggish 

 character. 



PONDICHERRY VULTURE. 



Vultur Ponticerianus. V. niger, capite colloque subdenudatis 



incarnatis, lateribus colli caruncula carnosa rubra. Lath. ind. 



orn. p. 7* 

 Black Vulture, with nearly naked, flesh-coloured head and 



neck, and a fleshy red caruncle down each side the neck. 

 Vautour Royal de Pondicherry. Sonnerat voy. ind. 2. p. 182. 



pi. 104. 



Size of a very large Goose. Head and neck 

 naked and flesh-coloured : hind-head and space be- 

 tween the beak and eye beset with reddish down : 

 on the sides of the neck a red caruncle : fore part 

 of the neck and breast beset at intervals with tufts 

 of small flesh-coloured plumes : iris red : bill black : 

 legs yellow. Native of India, particularly about 

 Pondicherry. 



