•feEARDED VULTURE. 
that either of them are entirely applicable 
our Bearded Vulture^ 
Buffon, in fa£l, has described his Vultur 
too generally, for us to declare positively th 
he has at all noticed this bird ; though, ce 
tainly, one of the handsomest of the Vultu 
tribe. 
We have, however, a very full descriptio 
'of the Bearded Vulture by our countryma 
Edwards ; whose figure we have copied, ar 
whose very minute account we shall likewil 
with pleasure ^dopt. 
This bird," says he, is of the bigne; 
of an Eagle: broad ways it measures seve 
feet and a half, the wings being extendeci 
from bill point, to tail e*id, it measures thre 
feet four inches , from bill point to the end c 
the claws, but two feet eight inches. Tl 
wing, when ciosed, measures two feet foi; 
inches ; the ^rime quills are more than twenty 
^hree inches long. The bill is of a purpl 
ficsh-colour, darker towards the point than 
tiie base, from it's point to the angle of th 
mouth 
