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Quill-feathers black, the outer edges, except of the oiiter- 
moft, hoary. ■ Aquiline ! . 
2 . Body reddilh-afli, fpotted with brown; legs naked. 
Inhabits E.sypt> Syria and Ptrjla; is encouraged in Cairo to 
devour dead carcafTes, and in Palejline to deliroy the vaft 
I multitudes of mice that fwarm in the fields; in Egypt it was 
formerly a capital crime to dsilroy one. 
Mak white; quill-feathers black, with the outer margins boat r, 
except the 2 firft; jeviale brown; 4 outer quill-Jeathct s uni- 
form; hill black; cere yellow ; nofir Us continually running; 
kgs zndfieet naked. 
^"yiatus. Body blacki(h-rcd ; bead creftad; breaft rufous; legs 
naked. Crejied I . 
Inhabits thick and defert woods of Europe ; iize of the ofprey » 
builds in high trees ; fwift on foot and in the air ; preys on 
fifh, hares, young foxes and kids; when ftanding the creft is 
elevated like horns, when in flight not vifible. 
Peet yellow ; hill and claws black ; tail long, ftraight. 
^‘^''!>arus. Bojy darkeft brown, beneath white inclining to brown ; 
feet woolly; toes lead-colour, claws brown. Bearded l'\ 
Inhabits Africa, efpecially the coaft of Barbary; fize of Falco 
fulus. n 1 ■ 1. f 
Bill purplifh flefh-colour ; lower mandible bearded with a tuft 
of black feathers; eyebrows red-, tndr yellow; /tend moftly 
covered with white down; front, cheeks and area of the eyes 
black ; neck covered with long, narrow, wbitifli feathers. 
Body black ; head and neck fcarlet, nakedilh, with fieflty 
caruncles on the fides of the neck. Pondicherry V. 
Inhabits ludid ^ hze of a goofe ; bill black 5 yellow* 
Body brow'n with pale ftripes above ; head and neck naked, 
reddifh ; quill apd tailrfeathers black. Indian V. 
Inhabits India; fize of the laft: very voracious, feeds on fifh 
and carrion. 
Bead downy; black; neck naked; breafi covered with 
' truncate feathers. 
Body white ; quill-feathers black ; bill and legs y 
Inhabits India ; fize of a turkey ; irids red. 
2. FALCO. 
