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CHAPTEE VII. 
Y ultures. — Loathsome Feeders. — Strength ot. — Snake-Eater. — 
Mode of Killing Serpents. — Hawks. — Character of. — Hawking 
for Bustards. — Value of. — Iceland Falcons much prized. — 
Falconry in former days. — Contest with Herons. — Modes of 
Catching. — The Sparrow-Hawk. — Anecdotes. — The Glede, or 
Kite. — Herons. — Food of the Hawk Tribe.- — Their Disposition. 
— The Hawks sacred to the Egyptians and Turks. 
T7 ULTURES are nearly allied to the Eagles in point of 
* size and some of their habits ; theyjyet differ from them 
considerably in others : generally speaking, they may be easily 
distinguished by the head and part of the neck being either 
The Vulture 
quite naked or covered with a short down. Instead of 
ranging over hill and valley in pursuit of living game, they 
.confine their search to dead and putrefying carcases, which 
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