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with a Bird in that place, called a Carrion-Crow, which 
is a Ibrt of Vultur, of which kind I believe this is. But 
left this Hiould apfear Romantick, it will nocJbe ami(s 
to fet down the words of Jofeph Acojla and Tnca Garci- 
laffb de la Vega about it, oaiining rho!e or Delaet In J. 
Occidental Lib, X. Cap. 5*. being only copied from rhe 
former. 
Contrariwife {to the Humming- Birds, or Tomineios y 
of which he was /peaking) thofe which they call Condores, 
be of an exceeding greatnefs, and of fuch a force, that 
not only they y/iW will open a Sheep and eat ir, but alfo 
a whole Calf Jofeph Acojla, Natural and Moral Hiflory 
of the Indies, lib. 4. cap. 37. 
There are other Fowls which we may reckon with 
thofe of Prey, which arc of a large fize, called Cuntur, 
and by the Spaniards corruptedly Condor. Many of 
thefe Fowls having been killed by the Spaniards, had 
their Proportion taken, and from one point of their 
Wiog to the other meafured 15 or 16 Foot, w^hich be- 
ing reduced to Yards, makes 5 Yards and a Third. Na- 
ture to temper and allay their Fiercenefs, denied them 
the Talons which are given to the Eagle, having their 
Feet tipped with Claw^s like a Hen ; howfoever their 
Beak is flrong enough to tear off the Hide, and rip up 
the Bowels of an Ox. Two of them will attempt a 
Cow or Bull, and devour him ; and it hath often hap- 
pened that one of them alone hath aOaulted Boys of 
Ten or Twelve Years of Age, and eaten them. Their 
colour is black and white like a Magpye ; it is well that 
they are but few in number, for if they were many , 
they would very much deilroy the CatteJ. They have 
on the fore-part of their Heads a Comb, not pointed 
like that of a Cock, but rather even in the form of a 
Razor When they come to alight from the Air, they 
make fuch a humming noife with the fluttering of their 
Wings, as is enough to aftonifh or make a Man deaf. 
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