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GINGI VULTURE. 



Vultur Ginginianus. V. albus, remigibus nigris, rostra pedibus- 



que griseis. hath. ind. orn. 

 White Vulture, with black wing-feathers, and grey beak 



and legs. 

 Le Vautour Gingi. Sonner. Voy. ind. 2. p. 184. 



Described by Sonnerat, who informs us that 

 •it is of the size of a Turkey, and is found about the 4 

 coasts of Coromandel, where it is called the wild 

 turkey. If, says Sonnerat, we only regarded the 

 character of the beak, we should not rank this bird 

 among the Vultures, for it resembles exactly that 

 of a Turkey: its base is covered with a naked skin, 

 and the space between the nostrils and eyes is 

 covered with hair-like down: the front, cheeks, 

 and throat are naked, and, together with the base 

 of the bill, are of a reddish flesh-colour: the feathers 

 on the back of the head and neck are long and 

 narrow, and the colour of the whole bird is white, 

 except the quill-feathers of the wings, which are 

 black: the irides are red; the bill and legs grey. 

 Its size is that of a Turkey -, its flight strong and 

 rapid, and its voracity insatiable. It lives on car- 

 rion and reptiles; is generally seen single, and 

 particularly in marshy places. 



