12 BEARDED VULTURE. 



This Vulture was brought over l^y Mr. Menzies 

 during his expedition with Captain Vancouver, 

 from the coast of California, and is now in the 

 British Museum. 



BEARDED VULTURE. 



Vultur barbatus. V, fusco-iiigricans, suhtus suhfulvus, capite 



coUoque plumis lanceolatis alhidis, rostro siibtus barbato. 

 Blackish-brown Vulture, subfulvous beneath, with the head 



and neck covered by lanceolate whitish plumes, and the bill 



bearded beneath. 

 Vultur barbatus. V. albidus, dor so fusco, gula barbatc^^rpstro 



incaniatOy capite linea nigra cincto, Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Bearded Vulture. Edwards, pi. 106. 

 Vultur barbarus. 7 ^ • tvt ^ , * 



^ This is one of the largest of the European 

 Vultures, and is principally observed among the 

 Alps of Swisserland, where it is known by the 

 name of Lammer-Geyer or Lamb-Vulture, though 

 this title seems not to be absolutely confined to 

 the present species, but to be occasionally applied 

 to any large predaceous bird. This Vulture is 

 figured and slightly described in the works of 

 Gesner, under the title of V. aureus*. It is su- 

 perior in size to the Golden Eagle, and is generally 

 of a dark or blackish brown colour above, and pale 

 rufous beneath j but in this respect it occasionally 



* Gesn. av, p. 748. 



