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109. Hunter, Perceval: 



"Means by which the Vulture (Vultur Aura, L.) 

 traces its Food," Loudon's Magazine of Natural His- 

 tory, vol. vi, pp. 83-88. London, 1833. 

 Dated "Oxford, Jul. 2, 1832." Defends Audubon's account 

 of lack of sense of smell in the Vulture, published in 1826 (see 

 No. 17). 



110. Watebton, Charles: 



"The Means by which the Turkey Buzzard traces 



its Food," Loudon's Magazine of Natural History, vol. 



vi, pp. 162-163. London, 1833. 



Signed "Walton Hall, Jany. 1, 1833." A caustic reply to 



the last. Reprinted in Essays in Natural History, chiefly 



Ornithology, First Series. London, 1838. 



111. Waterton, Charles: 



"Remarks on Mr. Audubon's Account of the 'Habits 

 of the Turkey Buzzard (Vultur Aura), particularly 

 with the View of exploding the Opinion generally enter- 

 tained of its extraordinary Powers of Smelling,' " Lou- 

 don's Magazine of Natural History, vol. vi, pp. 163- 

 171. London, 1833. 

 A characteristically flippant article, ending thus: "But 

 here I will stop : I have been too long on carrion, — 'neque enim 

 toluare vaporem ulterius potui' (Ovid Met., ii, 301)." 



112. Watebton, Charles: 



"The Gland on the Rump of Birds," Loudon's 

 Magazine of Natural History, vol. vi, pp. 274-277. 

 London, 1833. 

 Denial that birds ever oil their feathers in preening, as 

 Audubon had maintained for the eagle. Reprinted, with many 

 controversial articles, which follow, in Essays on Natural His- 

 tory, First Series, referred to above. 



