BEARDED VULTURE. 
middle and outer toes, on each foot, are joined 
by a strong skin. 
It was brought ftom Santa Cruz, on the 
coast of Barbary, by Capt. John Dobson. I 
]iad not the good luck to see it living ; but my 
! friend, the captain, sent it to me, from a mer- 
I chant's, to whom he had presented it, as soon 
j as it was dead, it yet retaining the bright colour 
' of the eyes and feet, in which state I laid it be- 
' fore the Royal Society, February 18, 1747." 
To Edwards, at this time, it was certainly 
a non-descript : for lie adds — " I can meet 
with no description of this bird; but find a 
iDrint by N. Robet, cabinet-painter to Lewis 
\KIY. in a set of Prints of Birds, published by 
jiim at Paris. The plates are about seven 
j nches wide, and nine high ; the set contains 
Ihirty-one. The bird in the second platCj 
ailed Vulture, is not the Com.mon Vulture, 
)ut something resembling the above described/' 
