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BIRDS. 
ORDER t ACCIPITRES. 
Upper mandible loith an angular projediio^'^ 
each fide near the points 
‘ 1. VULTUR. Bill ftraight, hooked at the 
point:’ head bare of feathers, with ^ 
naked ikin in front : tongue cleft : necl^ 
retractile. VultwU' 
Thefe are a rapacious tribe, feeding on carcalTcs however putrA 
, but uulefs preiled by hunger fcldom attacking living animals > 
bold, gregarious, fly flowly unlels when very high in the aif* 
and have an exquifite fcnfe of fmefl : tongue large, flelh)* » 
head, and often the cheeks, chin and neck on the upper ps*^ 
, naked ; legs and feet llrong, moflly covered with fcales ; 
joint of the middle lot generally connefted to the outer by ® 
llrong membrane ; ecings lined on the inflde with down. 
Crjiphus, Of vaft fize ; a caruncle on the crown as long as the headi 
throat naked. ConduC- 
Inhabits South America ; meafures with the wings extended fro'''* 
tip to tip 12 — 16 feet; builds under the projeftions of th® 
' hi ghe ft rocks ; lays 2 white eggs ; preys on birds, kids, lambs> 
calves, and has been known to carry off children lo yes*^* 
old ; two are faid to be able to dellroy and devour a co'ft'’ 
when pafflng near the ground makes a tremendous and deaf' 
ening noife. 
Female larger than the male, and differs in having a tuft on tl’® 
neck, in its brown colour, and having no ruff; quills of tf*® 
tvings 2 1 feet long, an inch and half thick ; black ; 
white; neck ruffed with long white feathers; throat 
head brown, woolly ; eyes black ; irids chefnut ; bill bU‘''® 
tipt with white; /ecj black; efarer llraightilh ; laiffmall. 
Bcngalenf* 
