DIV. I. LAND-FOWL. 
ORDER I. 
RAPACIOUS. 
ACCXPXTRES JLinnau 
Bill, ftrait, hooked only at the end ; edges cultrated, bafe co- 
vered with a thin fkin. 
Nostrils, differing in different fpecies. 
Tongue, large and flelhy. 
Head, cheeks, chin, and often neck, either naked or covered 
only with down or fhort hairs ; the neck retraftile. 
Claw, often hanging over the breaft. 
Legs and Feet, covered with great fcales ; the firft joint of the 
middle toe connected to that of the outmoft, by a ffrong 
membrane. 
Claws, large, little hooked, and very blunt. 
Insides of the wings covered with down. 
King of the Vultures. Bearded and crefted Vultures. Edw.. II. 
CVI. CCXI. Bengal and Secretary Vultures. Latham’s Syn. 
of Birds. PL i, 2. 
The yvty of Arijlcile , who mentions two fpecies. 
Vultur of Linnaus, genus I. who enumerates VIII fpecies. The 
Vultur and Vautour of Brijfon , who defcribes XII fpecies. M i 
ue Buffon VIII. Mr. Ray VIII. 
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I. Vulture. 
Example. 
