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but rather, as in Woodpeckers, are found for the mod part with their points broken 

 and (nattered : Which is a fign they wear and break them by rubbing againft the 

 Rocks, where they harbour and build their Nefts. The Chefnut or white Vultures are 

 more rare to be feen than the black}, and have this peculiar to them$ that the feathers 

 of the Crowns of their heads are very (hort if compared to Eagles: Which is the 

 reafon why fome have thought them bald. They have fhort legs, covered all over 

 with feathers down to the beginning of the toes. Which note is peculiar to them, 

 not agreeing to any other Rapacious hook-bill'd Bird, befides the Nocturnal ones. 

 The feathers of the Neck in thefc Batic .Vultures are very narrow and long (like 

 thofe that hang down about the necks of ' Dungkil-Cocks and Stares ) if compared with 

 the reft, which cover the back, wings, and fides, which are final! and broad like 

 Scales. But thofe which cover the back, ftomach, belly, and bottom of the rump in 

 the Batic Vulture are red, in the black one black, but in both pretty broad. 



4. 'The Hare-Vulture, [Lcporarium~] fo called from preying upon Hares 3 of which The Hare- 

 Gejner writes after this manner. It hath not fo * fulvous a breaft as our Golden Vul- * u ^ r e e e Go j, 

 tare, and is inferiour to it in magnitude. George Fabric//^, the ornament of Germany, den or Lion- 

 lent me its figure, with this description added. The Vulture, which the Germans call colou r- 



Bin Hafengyr, hath a hooked, black Bill 5 foul Eyes 3 a firm, great Body 3 broad 

 Wings 3 a long, (freight Train 5 a dark red Colour 5 and yellow Feet. Standing or 

 fitting it rears up a Creft upon its head, as if it were horned, which appears not in 

 flying. The Wings extended exceeded the meafure of a fithom [_Orgyi£.~] In walk- 

 ing it fteps or paces two Palms [hand-breadths.] It purfues all forts of Birds 3 of 

 Beafts it catches and preys upon Hares, Conies, Foxes, Fawns 3 it alfo lies in wait 

 for Fifties, It will not be made tame. It purfues its prey not only by flying, but al- 

 fo by running. It flics with a great force and noife. It builds in thick and defart 

 Woods upon the higheft trees, It feeds upon the flefti and entrails of Animals, not 

 abftainingfrom dead Carcaffes. It can endure hunger, or abide without meat four- 

 teen days, although it be moft voracious. 



5. The Golden Vulture, of which Gefiicr thus: Viewing the skin of the Golden The Golden 

 Vulture, fent me once out of the Alpine Country of the Gnfons, [_Rh<£tia, ] the beak fa^t de * 

 and legs yet fticking to it, I thus delcribed it. This Vulture hath many things com- 

 mon with that kind of Alpine Eagle, ( whofe figure and defcription we placed firft in 

 theHiftoryof the Eagle') but is every way, or in all parts greater. From the Bill to 



the end of the Tail it was fomewhat more than four feet and an half long, to the end 

 of the Claws three feet and nine Inches, or fomewhat left. The length of the upper 

 Chap of the Bill, as far as the opening of the mouth, was almoft feven Inches. The 

 length of the Tail was about two feet and three inches. All the lower part, that is 

 to fay, the lower part of the neck, the breaft, the belly and the feet were of a red 

 colour, more dilute towards the tail, more intenle towards the head. The Toes of 

 a dusky or horn colour. The longeft feather of the Wings was almoft a yard long; 

 They are all blackifti or dusky, of near one and the fame colour: Yet the fmall fea- 

 thers, that are higheft to ward theridge of the wing are blacker, and fome of them 

 marked withtranfverfe reddifti fpotscrofs the middle, others with whitifh ones about 

 the bottom. So much the blacker are they by how much nearer to the back, where 

 they fbine again for blacknefs. The feathers on the middle of the back are black 

 and iliining, their (hafts in the middle are white, efpecially of thofe which are about 

 the middle of the back, and in half the neck 5 for the remaining part of the neck hath 

 pale red [ ruffas ex albido~] feathers. The tail feathers are of the fame colour with 

 thofe of the wings, vi%. dusky. 



6. The white Vulture, which he makes the fame with the cinereous Vulture of The white 



J Vulture. 



Bello?nu*. 



- 7. That Vulture which we (aw in the Royal Aviary in St. James's Park, did in many our fulvous 



things agree with the third fort or Chefnnt [ Btfticm ~] Vulture of Bellomm. Its back JJ^J-JfjJjJ 



and wings were fulvous : Its tail fhort in refpect of the wings: The Beak black,hooked chefnut one, 



at the end. The head and neck as far as the breaft, and the middle part of the breaft 



void of feathers, covered over with a (hort, foft, thick white Down. The Eyes 



were fierce-looked, with Saffron-coloured, or deep-yellow Irides. In the lower part 



of the neck was as it were a Ruff of thick- (et, narrow feathers much longer than the 



reft, as in the Percnopteros of ' Aldrovandm. 



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