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FULVOUS VULTURE. 



Vultur Fulvus. V. fulvo-castaneus, remigibus candaque nigris, 



capite colloque lanuginosis albidis, torque albo. 

 Fulvous- chesnut Vulture, with black wing and tail-feathers ; 



downy whitish head and neck, and white ruff. 

 Fulvous Vulture. Will. orn. p. 67. No. 7. 

 Vulture. Albin. vol. 3. pi. 1. 

 Le Griffon. Buff. ois. 1. p. 151. Mem. Acad, des Sciences. 



1666 p. 20g.pl. 30. ? 

 Vultur fulvus. Briss. orn. l.p. 462. 

 Golden Vulture. Will. orn. p. 67. No. 5. ?? 



The Fulvous or Golden Vulture is one of the 

 largest of the genus, exceeding the size of the 

 Golden Eagle. The specimen described by the 

 accurate Brisson measured three feet six inches in 

 length, and eight feet in breadth. The general 

 colour of the plumage, when the bird is in high 

 health, is a full rufous or tawny chesnut, in some 

 individuals appearing more obscure or more ap- 

 proaching to a brown cast, especially on the upper 

 parts of the body: the larger wing-feathers and 

 the tail are of a dull black: the bill blueish, with 

 the tip black: the eyes orange-coloured: the head 

 and neck bare of feathers, but covered with pale or 

 whitish woolly down, the skin itself being of a 

 blueish cast : the lower part of the neck is encircled 

 with a ruff of white plumes, and beneath the breast 

 is usually observed a considerable cavity, lined 

 with hairs, the tips of which are directed towards 

 the middle : this is the place of the craw, which 

 however may be supposed occasionally to pro- 



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