VULTURE. 



PONDICHER- 

 RY V. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Place. 



Le Vautour Royal de Pondkheiy, Svit. Voy. Ind. ii. p. 182, pi. 104, 



CIZE of a large Goofe. The bill black, pretty hooked, but ra- 

 ther fhort ; the bafe covered with a naked fkin ; the noftrils 

 pervious : the forehead is flat, and the head large: the head and 

 neck flelh-coloured : the hind part of the head, and the fpace be- 

 tween the bill and eyes, covered with flelh-coloured down : the 

 fore part of the neck and bread fparingly befet with fine feathers 

 of the fame colour, placed in tufts ; on the neck is a flelhy red 

 membrane, very fmall, bare of feathers, which begins beneath the 

 ears, and reaches to the lowed part of the neck : the back, belly, 

 wings, and tail, are black : the legs yellow. 



Inhabits Pondicherry, in the Eaft Indies, and parts adjacent. 



22. 

 INDIAN V. 



DXSCRIPTION. 



PlACE AND MaN- 

 NEB.S. 



Le grand Vautour des Indes, Son. Voy, In^d. vol. ii. p. 183. pi. 105. 



C I Z E of a Gc(7/>. Bill black : irides red : the head and neck 

 bare of feathers, and of a rufous colour ; the head furniflied 

 with a draggling dovvri, refembling hair; the neck long in pro- 

 portion, and befet with tufts of very fine feathers : the feathers of 

 the bread fliort, and appear as if clipped or diaved j thofe of the 

 lower part of the neck behind are long, narrow, and pointed, and 

 of a bright rufous colour : the wing coverts, back, and rump, the 

 colour of umber, each feather tipped with a pale band : quills, tail, 

 and legs, black. 



This inhabits i»i//Vj and is very voracious : found in the day- 

 time on the banks of ihtjea, waiting for the dead Jift) which are 

 there thrown up : fond of putrid carcafts, which it often digs 

 up out of the ground : it flies heavily, though the wings are very 



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