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bare and bald; a ftrong forked buhh of hair, divided into two at the 
point, arifes from the lower jaw on each fide: the thicknefs of the 
thigh lictle lefs than four inches: the legs remarkably fhort, only four 
inches in length; and the thigh joint only fix inches. The colour 
of the feathers of the back brown; of the belly gold colour. 
From Mr. Brace’s defcription, although too concile by far, I am led 
to conclude that it is no other than our Bearded Vulture, or at lealt a. 
flight variety, which this author met with on the higheft part of the 
mountains Lamalmon, not far diftant from Gonder, the capital of 
Abyfinia. It was a bold fpecies, as it went fo far as to take away 
parc of the provifion which Mr. race and his company were re- 
galing themfelves with oa that fpot. On moving the body of one of 
thefe after being fhot, a duit correfponding with the colour of the: 
feathers both above and below, flew out in pretty large quantity s, 
but this is not peculiar to this fpecies: we have obierved it in the 
King Vulture and fome others, as alfo in the White Cockatoo. 
- Vultur Papa, Ind. Ora. 1. p. 4.—Spalow/k. Vog.i. t. 2.—Daudin. Ora. ii, p. 6. 
pl. ix. 
V. Sacra, or white-tailed Vulture, Bariram’s Trav. p. 285.—Damp. Voy. ii. patt ii 
p- 67. 
King Vulture, Gen. Syx.i. p. 7. N° 3. 
TJEITHER this nor the Carrion Vulture are fhy, for on one of 
the firft being fhot and winged, in feven or eight days it fed. 
freely, and became tame. I experienced this myfelf, in refpect to the 
laft ; I have had one which was brought from Jamaica, running about: 
my garden, perfectly tame, where it lived throughout the whole: 
fummer, and was killed by a cold frofty night, which came on unex-- 
pectedly, 
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