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FALCONIFORMES 



sideralile duration, and the young remain long in the nest — four 

 months, it is said, in the Lammergeier ; the longevity, too, of 

 Eagles is notorious, a span of a hundred years having been actually 

 recorded. Unconscious mimicry is shewn by Accipiter inhatus, 

 which assumes the garb of Harpagus dioclon near Eio Janeiro. 

 Sub-fam. 1. Gypaetinae. — This group apparently links the 



Fig. 39. — Lammergeier. GypaMtus barhatus. x-\-^- 



Vulturidae to the Falconidae, but seems nearer to the latter. 

 Gypaetus harbatus, the magnificent Lammergeier, is greyish-black 

 with white streaks, and has a white crown, cheeks with a black band 

 bifurcating at the eye to meet above, and pale tawny lanceolate 

 plumage on the neck and lower parts. Dense black Ijristles cover 

 the nostrils and lores, and a black tuft, which gives the name of 

 " Bearded Vulture," projects below the mandible. The sclerotic 



