Renting carrion at great distances. 255 
j^®> if hungry, will chase him, force him to disgorge 
* food in a moment, and to leave it at his disposal. 
Many of those birds, accustomed by the privileges 
V |?»ted them by law, of remaining about the cities and 
JjHjes in our Southern States, seldom leave them, 
J* might almost he called a second set, differing 
fcjjely in habits from those that reside constantly at a 
lattice from these places. Accustomed to be fed, 
jJ'-'y are still more lazy 5 their appearance exhibits all 
!( ? Nonchalance belonging to the ' ' J 
L •tier. 
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a garrisoned half-paid 
I,. To move is for them a hardship ; and nothing 
a 1 extreme hunger will make them ffy down from 
Y? roof of the kitchen into the yard, or follow the 
oMcfcs employed in cleaning the streets from disagree- 
a ® Substances, except where (at Natchez for instance) 
number of these expecting parasites is so great, 
c® 1 all the refuse of the town, within their reach, is 
.T^cient; then they are seen following the scaven- 
n t ' v carts, hopping, llying, and alighting all about it, 
^onggt grunting hogs and snarling dogs, until the 
K^nuts, having reached a place of destination outside 
' 1( Kl >burbs, arc emptied, and swallowed by them. 
Y t| .Whilst taking a view of that city from her lower 
Y f ®!«Rt fort, I have for several days seen exhibitions 
“'is kind. 
tj,. * do not think that the vultures thus attached to the 
are so much inclined to multiply as those more 
YjJ'stantly resident in the forests, perceiving no ditninu- 
nu mber during the breeding season, and having 
(Z^ked, that many individuals known to me by 
C'cular marks made on them, and a special cast of 
(^tenance, were positively constant residents of the 
J’."- The Vultur aura is by no means so numerous 
|. 'he A trains. I have seldom seen more than twenty- 
L® or thirty together ; where, on the contrary, the 
L, - r are frequently associated to the number of a 
“Nrod. M 
*<tH The V «ltur aura is a more retired bird in habits, 
C * nore inclined to feed on dead game, snakes, lizards, 
8s > and the dead lish that frequently are found about 
