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NATURAL HISTORY. 
G O L D E N VULTURE. 
A L T H O U G H this bird is larger, yet 
in oth^r rerpefts it refembles the golden ea- 
gle. It is four feet and a half in length. 
The lower part of the neck, breaft, and 
belly, are red ; the back is covered with 
black feathers, the wings and tail, with thofe 
of a ycllowilli brown. Though the various 
fpecies differ very much in refpedt to colours 
and dimenfions, yet they are all eafily diftin- 
<ruifhed by their naked heads, and beaks part- 
ly flraight and partly hooked. 
In this clafs are alfo to be ranged, the gol- 
den, afn-coloilrcd, and brown »vultures, na- 
tives of Europe ; the fpotted and black vul- 
tures, of Egypt ; the Bra-z.illian,and the beard- 
ed vultures. 
The F A LC O N. 
T. II E dignified fpoi t of falconry, which 
formerly dill inguiflied the recreation of the 
Kiiglilli nobility, has been long difcontinuW 
A perfon of rank fcarcely ever appeared with’ 
out falcon, which, in old paintings, nr 
the criterion of titular diftinction. HaroL 
af'.crv. avds king of England, was painted v'jt 
a ''aleon on his hand, and a dog under ' 
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