AVES ACCIPITRES. Vultur. 
1. ACCIPITRES. 
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Rojlwm e mandibula fuperiore angulum 
utrinque exferens. 
Vultur. Rojlmm redum, apice aduncum. 
Caput impenne , antice nuda cute. 
Lingua bifida. 
Collum retradile. 
yphus. 
‘«'tlis. 
I, V. maximus, caruncula verticali, longitudine capitis, 
gula nuda. 
Vultur Gryps Gryplius. av. 45. 
Cuntur. Laet amer. 407. Raj. av. II. 
Condor. Fri\. it. III. Condam, it. ly^.BriJf. ornith. I. 
p. 473. n. II. Bufg.oif. 1 . p. 184. Moliti, chil. p. 236, 
Coiidur. Latkam fyn. of birds. I. I. p. 4. 
Habitat in. America aujirali , nidificans ad montes pra- 
ruptijfimos fub rupibus prominulis , ova bina alba 
ponens ; famelicus ovibus , kcedis , imo vitulis prae- 
datur, Ii fiint, qui putros decennes abripuijje, binas aves 
vaccam dilacerafi & vorajje tradunt • in terram devo-, 
lans fufurro attonitos & furdos fere reddit homines. 
Avis maxima , femina tamen major , quee crifia quoque 
cervicali , colore fufco , torque nullo a mare differt. 
Alae maximtr, intra quarum extremitates pedes 9-12.- 
13-16; Remex longitudine pedum ai, crajjitie fefqui- 
pollicis ■ corpus nigram , dorfo albo ; collum torquatum 
pennis longioribus albis q gula rubens^ czput ftjca 
lanugine teSum ; oculi nigri , iride fpadicea q roftrum 
nigrum , apice albido. Pedes nigri , unguibus recliuf— 
culis ; cauda parva. 
V. fufcus, capite colloque anterius denudato dilute 
caftaneo, rollro plumbeo, apice ai^ro. Latham fyn. 
nf birds. I. I. p. 19. n. 16. t. I. 
1. 
voracijjimc cadavera pntius appetunt , imn putre fcentia , vix niji famelici- 
5. ^ f audaces, tardius volant nifi cettj/a altiti/dlncm gttigtrint ^ 
; nljddu pollent aciitijfimo q ex fepteiifrionuU Jiuropa & ^ 
•/pCc . excspevis , ex bore^iU quoque America exules. Vix dijUn^- 
yjmittaiLinqus ^ ioio ipjMt- He- limctts. 
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