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DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



Tawny Vulture. Latham Syn. 

 Brown's Illustrations of Zoology, pi. 1 . 



A middle-sized species, entirely of a very pale 

 rufous-brown colour, with the tail whitish, and 

 marked by several narrow brown bars. From a 

 specimen in the Museum of the Royal Society. 

 Said to be a native of Falkland Isles. Bill very 

 short, cere large : chin slightly bearded. 



Hare Vulture. Lath Syn. Will. orn. p. 67. No. 4. 

 Vultur leporarius. Gesn. 



Said to be about the size of the Golden Eagle, 

 and entirely of a shining reddish black colour 5 

 the breast inclining to fulvous: bill black; legs 

 yellow : head furnished with a crest, appearing as 

 if horned. Said to inhabit the recesses of thick 

 woods, to build, in lofty trees, and to prey on 

 leverets and other animals. It is probably a 

 species of Eagle rather than Vulture. 



Armed Vulture. 



Mentioned by Brown in his African Travels, 

 and said to be extremely frequent in the country 

 of Darfur, flying about by thousands, and devour- 

 ing all manner of carrion, &c. Its colour is not 

 particularly described, but it is said to have a 



