THE LIVING WORLD. 
Diamonds. The illustrations in The Diving World admirably represent the 
several species in life-like attitudes, and the manner of taking their prey The 
coloring of this bird is found as a distinction of the male. The under parts are 
yellow, the back, wings and tail black with white shaftings, the forepart of the head 
cream-colored, and the sides of the head black. It wears a long black, bristly 
chin-beard, and the orange ins is surrounded by a blood-red coat. Its claws repre¬ 
sent the weaker variety belonging to the scavenger family, and hence the 
greater necessity for 
the ruses by which 
the bearded vulture 
converts a living ani¬ 
mal into a defenceless 
carcase. • 
The Egyptian 
Vulture (Neophron 
perenopterus ) is found 
also in Europe and 
Asia. It frequently 
appears in Egyptian 
symbolism and is 
called Pharaoh's chick¬ 
en. Its usefulness as 
a scavenger assures it 
protection, although it 
quite frequently dese¬ 
crates the graveyards. 
The Arabian 
Vulture {Vulturmona- 
chus ) is not, as its name 
might suggest, confined 
to Arabia, but is com¬ 
mon throughout 
Europe, Asia and Af¬ 
rica. Parts of its neck 
and head are blue, 
though its prevailing 
tint is chocolate. It 
has the unique orna¬ 
ment of a tuft spring¬ 
ing from the point 
where the wing joins 
the body. i 
Everything connected with the land of the Pharoalis has a strange fasci¬ 
nation for many persons, and hence this bird has been made the theme of 
many animated descriptions. It is protected alike by law and -superstition, 
and therefore walks the streets of Egyptian cities as though they had been 
made for its convenience. In a country where the heat is so great, and clean 
linens so rare, the services of the Egyptian vulture are inestimable. 
The Turkey Buzzard ( Cathartes aura) is a common sight in the West and 
bearded vulture ( Gypcztos barbatus). monk’s-gown vulture 
(Vultur monac/; us). 
