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erase B:- - - The Birds of Brazil. 
W. Af. - - The Birds of Western Africa. - 
H Horsfield’s Zoological Researches in 
orsf. Java a) hs pee ' 
oP. - - Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. 
Z. Journ., or Zool. J. - Zoological Journal. 
Edwards, or Ed. - Edward’s Nat. Hist. of Birds. 
Brown, IIl. - - Illustrations of Natural History. 
Lears - - Illustrations of the Psittacide. 
Sav. . = Savigny’s Birds of Egypt. 
OrvrrI. RAPTORES. Rapacious Birds. 
Famity VULTURIDZE. The Vultures. 
‘Size large. Body thick, heavy. Bill and legs very 
strong; the former hooked, but not toothed. Claws 
but slightly curved, and hardly retractile. Head and 
neck, in general, more or less naked. 
Vuttur, Linn. Nostrils naked, A agen 
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transverse. Wings. with’ the Rc 
= HEN 
fourth quill longest. Head and Se 
bill destitute of caruncles. Tail 180 uy 
feathers 12—14. Inhabits the Old World. (fig.180.) | 
V.fulvus. Pl. Enl. 426. galericulatus. Pl. Col. 13. 
auricularis. O.d’Af.pl.18. indicus. Oijis. d’Af. 11.; 
cinereus. Pi. Enl. 425. Pl. Col. 26. 
pondicereanus. Pl. Col.2. monachus. Pl. Col. 426. | 
Catuartes, Illiger. Nostrils naked, longitudinal. 
Wings with the third quill equal to the fourth, and 
longest. Inhabits, with one exception, the New 
World. Typical. . 
Sarcoramphus, Dumerel. Head and 
- neck naked. Bill and feet strong ; 
the former with an elevated fleshy | 
caruncle. (fig. 181.) 
SS. papa. Ed. 2. condor. Pl. Col. 133. 408. 
Cathartes, Illiger. Head and part 
of the neck naked, but without 
earuncles. Bill and general con- 
struction weaker than in the last. 
