RAPACIOUS BIRDS. 
VULTURE. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Bill straight, hooked at the end, and covered at the base 
with a thin skin. 
Fore part of the head naked. 
Legs, feet, and claws, very strong, the latter rather blunt, 
and a little hooked at the ends. 
CONDUR. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Vultur Gryphus. V. maximus, caruncula vertical^ longitu- 
dine capitis, gala nuda. Linn. Syst. 
Nat. Gmel. l.p. 245. 
Great Vulture. Having a warty excres- 
cence on the crown of the head, and a 
naked throat. 
Condur. . . . Buff. Birds, 1 . p. 139. Lath. Synop. 1 . 
p. 4. 
It is supposed that the author of the Arabian 
Nights took his idea of the roc from this bird; since 
it is not only the largest of the vulture genus, but 
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