OF DIRDS. 
109 
VULTURE. 
The Vulture is in many respects like the 
eagle, being larger in every proportion, but 
has not that noble spirit which distinguishes 
tlie king of. the air. From the end of the 
beak to that of the tail, it is four feet and a 
half, and to the end of the claws forty-five 
inches. They are easily distinguished from 
all those of the eagle kind, by the nakedness 
nf their heads and necks, which are without 
feathers, and only covered with slight down, 
or a few scattered hairs. They are still more 
strongly marked by their nature, which in 
all Vultures is cruel, filthy, and indolent. 
Their sense of smelling, however, is very 
acute; and they seem adapted inwardly, not 
only to be carnivorous, but to eat corn, or 
whatever else they may fall in with. 
