NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS. 



with great buoyancy and ease. In a living state it has a very strong smell, 

 partaking of the flavour of its corrupted food ; and when killed, it pu- 

 trefies very rapidly. It is common in Spain, in Turkey, and throughout 

 the Archipelago ; but Africa appears to be the country most congenial to 

 its economy. It is said to breed in caverns and the clefts of rocks, but 

 the number and colour of its eggs have not been ascertained. Its cry 

 is seldom heard ; and when at rest it generally sits upon the ground. 



