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CHERIWAY VULTURE. 



Vultur Cheriway. V. cera rosea, pedlbus Jiavis, corporc fer- 

 rugineo, capite albido, vertice cristato ferrugineo. Lath, ind, 

 orn. 



Vulture with rose-coloured cere, yellow legs, ferruginous body, 



and whitish head with ferruginous crest. 

 Falco Cheriway. J acq. Voeg. p. 17. 



This is a kind of doubtful species, which may 

 either be considered as a Vulture or an Eagle. It 

 seems to have been first described by Jacquin, 

 who observed it in the island of Aruba, near the 

 coast of Venetzuela in South America. Its length 

 is rather more than two feet and a half; the bill 

 pale blue; the head and neck very pale yellow; 

 the hind-head crested; the cere and parts round 

 the eyes rose-colour: the general colour of the 

 plumage on the upper parts ferruginous, beneath 

 pale: the vent white: the two middle tail-feathers 

 marked with dusky bars; the lateral ones and 

 quills dusky black: the legs pale yellow. This 

 bird is said never to erect the crest on the head, 

 which is always carried in a recumbent state. 



