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THE VULTURE. 
THE GRIFFON, OR FULVOUS VULTURE. 
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 appear- 
