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YEETEBEATA. 
Tins LAMMEKKlsrfiE. 
THE VULTUKID^. 
In noticing the numerous family of Falconidse, we began with the True Falcons, and thence pro- 
ceeded through the various species of Hawks, Goshawks, Kites, Buzzards, Harriers, and Eagles, 
until we met with several genera, which, ahke by their conformation and habits, combined some- 
thing of the vigor and daring of the Falcons with the more cowardly and gluttonous qualities of 
the Vultures. These latter Avere a natural introduction to the study of the true Vultures ; here, 
however, at the threshold, we are met with one conspicuous instance in which the prominent 
