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not have perceived the similarity in the Chincou of 

 Levaiilant. 



The Arrian of Levaiilant has so many resem- 

 blances to the Vaiitour of Boffon, or Cinereous 

 Vulture of Latham, Vvhich we have in the present 

 article united with the Monachus of Linnaeus, 

 that there can be little doubt of the identity of the 

 species. It is said to be not uncommon in the 

 Pyrenean mountains. 



Valtur auriculatus. fiiscus, collo nuJo, cuFeduriculari 



producta, torque cervicali pallida. 

 Brown Vulture, with naked neck^ skin of the ears lengthened^ 



and pale rufE 

 L' Oricou. Levaill. ois. Afr. p. 36, pi. g. 



The auriculated Vulture or Oricou of Levaiilant 

 takes its name from the remarkable projection of 

 the skin round the ears, and which is also continued 

 to some little distance down the neck on each side. 

 It is a very large bird, measuring ten feet from 

 wing's end to wing's end: its general colour brown, 

 the throat being black, and covered with coarse 

 hairs. These birds inhabit the Southern parts of 

 Africa, and are of a gregarious nature, being often 

 seen in large flocks, and sitting in vast numbers 

 about the caverns of the rocky mountains on which 

 they breed : their nests are frequently placed very 

 near each other, and they appear to live in a kind 



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