THE VULTURE. 
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brance to tbe bird; accordingly tbe bead and lower part of 
the neck, in all the tribe, are more or less covered either with 
down or wattles, or the skin is left almost naked, as in the 
accompanying figure 2. 
As may be well conceived from the nature of their food, 
these birds are very disgusting in various ways, much more 
so than we can form an idea of, from seeing them when 
kept in clean cages, and fed sparingly, on comparatively fresh 
and wholesome meat. In their wild and natural state, no 
one who has once been near them, would willingly approach 
too closely a second time, as their smell, increased by a greasy 
sort of perspiration, drawn out by the heat of the sun, is 
dreadfully offensive ; and their appearance very different from 
tbe bold fine Eagle, perched on his pinnacle of a rock. 
The Griffon, or Fulvous Vulture 
