vulture; 



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reaching from the ears to the lower part of the neck; plumage in 

 general other\vise black ; legs yellow. 



Inhabits the neighbourhood of Pondicherry ; also found about 

 Bengal, and other parts of India. 



15— CINEREOUS. 



Vulturclnereus, /«d. Or«.i. p. 1. Gwe/. jLjb. i. p. 247. RaiiSyn. Tp.9. Will.Om. 

 p. 35. Klein. Av. p. 44. Id. Ov. p. IS. t. 5. f. 5. Faun. Arag. p. 67. Dmidin. 

 ■ Orn. p. 16. Bris.Orn.'i. p. 453. Jd. 8vo. 130. Beckst. Deutsch.u. s. 197. t. viii. 

 Tem.Ma7i.d'Orn.Y>.2. Id. Ed. 2. p. 4. 

 ArrianGeyer, N.Schw.Abh. B3. 100. Al/g.Ueb.d. Vog.I. p. 654. 

 Vantoiir, Buf.Ois.i. p. 158. t.5. PI. En/um. 425. 

 Cinereous Vulture, Gen. Syn.\. p. 14. Will. Orn. Engl. ed. p. 66. No. 1. 



THE length of this bird is 31 ft. breadth 7fft.; the head and 

 upper part of the neck covered with brown down ; under the throat is 

 a kind of beard, composed of feathers like hair. The general colour of 

 the plumage brown, but the quills and tail incline to ash colour; 

 Brisson says, the legs are feathered to the toes, which are yellow; the 

 claws black. In the PI. Enlum. however, they are bare of feathers; 

 and M. Temminck assures us that they are so. 



Inhabits various parts of Europe; according to Beckstein, the 

 length is 4ft. the breadth 9ft. the tail 14 in. long, and the wings, when 

 closed, reach three-fourths thereon. He says, it frequents mountains, 

 but in the winter is chietly seen in the plains, where it attacks sheep, 

 hares, goats, and even deer. The farmers suffer severely from this bird, 

 as it will frequently pick out the eyes of sheep, but as it is not a very 

 shy species, it gives the huntsman some advantage, added to his being 

 well paid for shooting so destructive an enemy. 



