TURKEY VULTURE. ^ 
t'le head and neck, for about an inch and a half below 
Jiie ears, are furnished with a reddish wrinkled skin, 
“eset with short black hairs, which also cover the biU 
^ far as the anterior angle of the nostril, the nec ^ 
much carunclnd as that of the black vulture ; trom 
We hind head to the neck feathers the space is coverea 
"ith down of a sooty black colour ; the fore part ot the 
peck is bare as far as the breast bone, the skiu on the 
bnver part, or pouch, very much wrinkled; this naked 
will is not discernible without removing the plumagh 
'phich arches over it ; the whole lower parts, lining ot 
‘P® Wings, riiniu, and tail coverts, are of a sooty brown, 
Jhe feathers of the belly and vent hairy ; the plumage ot 
wie neck is large and tumid, and, with that ot the back 
PP<i shoulders, black ; the scapulars and secondaries are 
'^iack on their outer webs, skirted witli tawny brown, 
latter sli'ditly tipped with white; iirimaries and 
coverts ’’plain brown, the tormer pointed, third 
pWiiary the longest ; coverts ot the secondaries, and 
Lv erts, ulivn; brown, centred with black some 
tile feathers at their extremities sbghtly edged with 
pvhite ; the Uiil is twelve inches long, rounded, ot a 
''*'®wuish black, and composed of twelve leathers, w-hich 
pt'® broad at their extremities ; inside of wings and tail 
ash ; the wings reach to the end ot the tail; the 
'^‘lole body and neck beiic.ath the plumage are thickly 
p Allied ivifh a white f ’ 
shafts ‘ ■ 
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down, which feels like cotton ; the 
of the in-imaries are ypll'>">sl» 
or me primaries are 
P“®se of the tail brown, both pure white below, the 
plumage of the neck, back, slioiildci-s, scapulars, and 
•secondaries, is glossed with green and 
^‘■1-le rellekions ; the thighs are feathered to the knees ; 
P®et considerably wehhed ; middle toe three inches and 
P P«lf ill length, and about an inch and a Pull «ngrcr 
tile oiitcPr one, which is the next longest ; the sole 
If the foot is hard and rough ; claws dark horn colour ; 
l®gs ai-e of a pale llesh colour, and three inches long. 
7® claws are lanmr, but the feet slenderer than those 
the carrion crow. The biU of the male is pure white ; 
some specimens the upper mandible is tipt with black. 
