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KING OF -THE V.ULTURES. 
there is a brown purple spot. On each side 
of the iipper part of the arch . of the neck, is a 
small longitudinal line of black ,dow,n, the 
space between the two being of a dirty yellow 
coloitr; Tlie sides of the arch of the neck are 
red ; passing, -in the descent, by insensible 
shades, into a yellow. Under the naked part 
of the neck, there is a collar, or ruff, com^ 
pjpsfid of longish soft feathers of a deep ash- 
colour : this collar, which entirely surrounds 
the .?ieck, and descends on the breast,, is so 
broad that, when the bird contra(5ls itself, it 
can conceal the neck and part of the head, in 
the manner of a cowl ; to which circumstance 
it owes it's denomination of Mouachus, or 
Monk, given to it by Klein and some other 
naturalists. The feathers on the breast, the 
belly, the thighs, the legs, and the under sur- 
face of the tail, are white, slightly tinged with 
yellow: those of the rump, and the upper 
surface of the tail, are observed greatly.to vary; 
being black in some, and in others white. The 
other feathers of the tail are constantly black . 
the great feathers of the wings are also black, 
but commonly edged with grey.. The feci 
->A)tc, in some, of a dull white, or yellowish, 
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