IIAPTORES. VnLTUBIDAS. 
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Braz. B. - - The Birds of Brazil. 
W. Af. - . The Birds of Western Africa. 
f Horsiield's Zoological Researches in 
Horsf. Java - - -j j^ya. 
Z. p. - - Proceedings of the Zool. Soc. 
2. Journ., or Zool. J. - Zoological Journal. 
Edwards, or Ed. - Edward’s Nat. Hist, of Birds. 
Brown, HI. - - Illustrations of Natural History. 
Lears - - Illustrations of the Psittacid®. 
Sav. - - Savigny’s Birds of Egypt. 
Order I. RAP FORES. Rapacious Birds. 
Family VULTURIDAi. The Vultures. 
Size large. Body thick, heavy. Bill and legs very 
strong ; the former hooked, but not toothed. Claws 
hut slightly curved, and hardly retractile. Head and 
neck, in general, more or less naked 
VuLTUB, Linn. Nostrils naked, 
transverse. Wings with the 
fourth quill longest. Head and 
bill destitute of caruncles. Tail 
feathers 12 — 14. Inhabits the Old W orld. 1 80.) 
V fulvus. PI. Enl. 426. galericulatus. PI. Col. 13. 
aurioularis.0.d’ Af.pl. 18. indicus Ois.dAf.il.; 
cinereus. PI. Enl. 425. PI- Col. 26. 
pondicercanus. PI. Col.2. monachus. PI. Col. 426. 
Cathabtes, Illiger. Nostrils naked, longitudinal. 
Wings with the third quill equal to the fourth, and 
longest. Inhabits, with one exception, the New 
W orld. Typical. 
Sarcoramphus, Dumerel. Head and 
neck naked. Bill and feet strong ; 
the former with an elevated fleshy 
caruncle, {fig. 181.) 
S. papa. Ed. 2. condor. PI. Col. 133. 4(18. 
Cathartes, Illiger. Head and part 
of the neck naked, but without 
caruncles. Bill and general con- 
struction weaker than in the last. 
