3^4 TRAVELS IN 
it exifts ; fuch as in geneml all the calaos, the 
fecretary, and leveral other birds of prey. Be- 
fide thefe eyelafhes, the vulture in queftion 
has flifF black hairs on its throat. All the head 
and part of the neck are bare of feathers ; and 
the naked fkin, which is of a reddifli co- 
lour, is dafhed in certain places with blue, vio- 
let, and white. The ear, in its external cir- 
cumference, is bounded by a prominent Ikin, 
which forms a fort of rounded conch, that 
muft neceffarily heighten the faculty of hear- 
ing in this fpecies. This kind of conch is 
prolonged for fome inches, and defcends down 
the neck, which has induced me to give it the 
epithet of orlcou, a name that I lhall fetain in 
my hiftory of birds, where 1 fhall give a mi- 
nute defcription of it. In the mean time I 
fhall infert here an accurate figure of this rare 
vulture. 
Eager to prepare my oricou, I quitted the 
ifland before funfet, and haftened to the left 
bank of the Orange, there to pafs the night. 
The next day I continued my journey, ftill 
following the courfe of the river. 
Apprehenfive of wanting food, we carried 
away with us a portion of our hippopotamus. 
But 
