VULTURE. 



the fame, but paler : leffer wing coverts tipped with white : 

 tail the colour of the body : thigh-feathers fo loofe and long, 

 as nearly to cover the legs. The legs themfelves are of a blueifh 

 colour : claws black. — This bird was fhewn alive in London, in 

 the year 1757, and faid by the keeper to have come from 

 Arabia. 



Vultur aura, Lin. SyJ}. i. p. 122. +- ?' 



Le Vautour du brefil, Brif. on. i. p. 468. N° 10. . CAR ^0^ 



Buff. oif. i. p. 175. 



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PL enl. N° 187. 



Vultur brafilienfis, Rati Syn. p. 10. Carrion Croiv, p. 180. 

 Urubu, Tzopilotl, or Aura. Will. orn. p. 68. 

 Carrion Crow, Sloan. Jam. ii. p. 294. t. 254. 

 Gallinazo, Vlloa'j Foy. v. i. p. 60. 201. 

 Turkey Buzzard, Catejb. Car.'i. t. 6. 

 Carrion Vulture, Am. Zool*. N° 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



r "F H E fize of this fpecies is about that of a Turkey, though it Description; 



varies in fize in different parts. The bill is white ; the end 

 black : irides blueifh faffron-colour. The head, and part of the 

 neck, are bare of feathers, and of a red, or rather rufous colour. 

 The fides of the head warted, not unlike that of a Turkey. The 



* I here refer to the Zoology of North America, and that of the northern 

 AJiatic and European regions ; at this time near completed, by Thomas Pennant, 

 Efq. 



As the running number is not yet fixed, I am obliged, in my references, to 

 leave a blank N° ; which the reader may, on publication of the work, readily 

 fill up with his pen. 



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