26 VULTURE. 



black, inclined to fulvous on the breast; legs bare of feathers, yellow; 

 claws black; the feathers of the head elongated, and capable of being 

 erected into a crest. 



This Vulture is found in the deep and thick forests of Prussia, 

 and other parts of Germany, frequenting tall trees, and preying on 

 bii'ds of all kinds, also on goats, deer, hares, and rabbits; flies very 

 swift and runs so fast, . as often to catch its prey, by chasing them 

 down. When sitting or standing, it erects the crest, appearing, as it 

 were, horned, the crest being in two parts; but during flights the 

 crest is not visible. 



19.— INDIAN. 



VulUtr Indicus, Ind.- Orn. i. 7. Daud. ii. 12. Shaw. Zool. vii, p. 26. 

 Grand Vautourdes Indes, Sen, Vat/. Ind. ii. pi. 105. 

 Indian Vulture, Gen. Syn, Sup. p. G. 



SIZE of a goose; bill, black; irides red; head and neck bare of 

 feathers, and rufous; the head covered with a loose down, like hair; 

 neck rather long, and beset with tufts of very fine feathers; those on 

 the breast short, appearing as if clipped or shaved, and in the lower 

 part of the neck they are long, narrow, and pointed, and bright 

 rufous; the wing coverts, back, and rump, the colour of brown 

 umber; and each feather tipped with a pale band; qviills, tail, and 

 legs black. 



Inhabits India, and is very voracious, found, in the day time, on 

 the banks of the sea, waiting for the dead fish, which arethro^vn up; 

 is fond also of putrid carcasses, which it often digs out of the ground; 

 it flies heaAdly, itljosugh the mng$ are very stirong. 



