38 SECRETARY. 



GENUS II. SECRETARY. 



-DILL shorter than the head, hooked, base covered with a cere. 



Nostrils in the cere, near the base, open. 



Round the eyes bare of feathers. 



At the bend of the wing two or more horny knobs, or blunt 

 spurs. 



Legs very long — toes moderate, united at the base, and very 

 rough beneath. 



SECRETARY.— Plate VII. 



Vultur Serpentarius, Ind. Orn. i. p. 8. Cimcl physic, t. '28. Nat. Misc. No. 857. 



Falco Serpentarius, Gm. Lin. i. p. 250. Miller, III. p. 28. A. B. 



Serpentarius, Snake-eater, Shaiv's Zool. vii. pt. i. 46. pi. 14. 



Grus capensis cauda cristata, Petiv. Gaz. t. 12. f. 12. 



Sagittarius, Phil Trans. Ixi. p. 55. pi. 2. Vosm. monog. t. 8. 



Secretarius reptilivorus, Daud. Orn. u. p. 30. pi. ii. 



Messag-er, 7V»i. Man. cd. ii. p. xlviii. 



Slaangen vraater, Sparm. Voy. i. p. 194. 



Mangeur des Serpens, Levaill. Ois. pi. 25. 



Secretaire, Messager, Bn/.vW. p. 328. pi. ,17. pi. enl. 721. Son. Voy. p. 87. pi. 50. 



Ibis, Gent. Mag. v. xxxix pi. in. p. 568. 



Secretary Vulture, Gen. Syn. i. p. 29. pi. 2. Id. Sup. p. 4. 



THIS is a most cvnious species, remarkable for the great length 

 of its legs, which at first sight might induce one to think it belonged 

 to the Waders, but the characters of the Vulture are so strongly 

 marked, as to create much doubt in what class it ought to be placed. 



When standing erect the head is full three feet from the ground. 



