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invisible. 
'Veil ** they walk sluirfi'isbl)'. Their leg-s are 
\P*’f*pnrtioncd ; they have three toes forward, ttirn- 
l,j^®l*'"'''*rds, and one in the inside, iiudiiiinif a little 
tviti ■'*0 that, the feet interfering, they eaiinot walk 
f.„,\ ?ny agility, Init are obliged to hop : each toe is 
'"unshed with ; long and stont elaw. ^ 
^ood 
^i‘en the gallinazoa are deprived of earrion, or 
5 ^.,. tile city, they are driven by hunger among the 
till tL Pii^tures. If they see a beast with a sore 
atfe f I they alight on it, and attack the part 
itsgjf ’ ’'■iii it avails not that (he poor animal throws 
thei 1 **^?® t/*e ground, and endeavours to intimidate 
by jj* its hellowing : they do not quit their hold ! and 
tilat'*!^'''* of their bill they so soon etilarge the wound, 
the animal finally becomes their prey.”* 
effea *tceount, from the same author, of the henefici.al 
tts resulting from the fondness of the v\iltures for 
WSs of the alligator, merits attention ; — 
the 
cn-n-, 
tile ^n” Sallinazos arc the most inveterate enemies of 
tbgiy "Siitors, or rather they are extremely fond of 
l)y„; and employ much stratagem to ohtain them. 
^ hrin"’: 
tile female aUig-ators 
to a3.t'‘c summer, these birds make it their business 
for it is in that season 
of thg deposit their eggs in the sand of the shores 
T th' 
'I tl 
gaUi 
which 
not tlum overllowed. The 
of a conceals itself among the branches and leaves 
perujv*'^’ ,1*0 ns to be unperceived by the alligator; and 
??Ptin® .V*® quietly 
to be laid, not even inter- 
®Ut the ])recautions that she takes to conceal them, 
lin^ is no sooner under the water, thati the gal- 
ag(j ®.uiirts upon the nest; and, with its bill, claws, 
Ift^^i" '"gs, uncovers the eggs, and gobbles them down, 
ig(} nothing but the shells. This bamjuet would, 
reward its patience, did not a multitude 
the’e join the fortunate discoverer, and share in 
spoil. 
* T^o 
^I^sforiq%ie de L'Amerique Meridionale, par Don 
^ Antoine cle Ulloa, liv. i, chap, viii, p, 52, 
et a Leipzig, 1752, 4to. 
