BLACK VULTURE. 



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in many others of the Vulture tribe, and I may 

 here add, that this circumstance, which seems 

 merely to depend on the birds being either full-fed 

 or in a fasting state, has apparently misled some 

 writers to represent it as forming a part of the 

 descriptive character of the animal in several 

 species. The present bird is a native of Bengal. 



Far J 



BLACK VULTURE 



Vultur Niger. V. 7iiger, remigibus rectricibusque fuscii^ pedum 

 pennis nigris, Lin. Si/st. Nat. Gmel. Briss, av, p. 131. 

 Will, orn. p. 66, 



This bird is described as larger than the Golden 

 Vulture, and of a black colour, with brown wing- 

 feathers and tail : the head covered with down, and 

 the neck nearly bare : the orbits of the eyes, and 

 the legs, which are feathered to the toes, white. 

 It is said to be common in Egypt. 



