The Vulturine Eagle.
Numb. III.
T H I S Bird was as large as the common Eagle; the
Top of the Head and Neck were bald or covered
with a whitifh Down ; the Beak black and ftreight almoffc
to the Middle, toward the Point bowed into a remarkable
Hook, as in the comnlori Vulture: The Chin and
Side of the Face round the Eyes covered with a dusky
or ferrugineous coloured Down; the Irides of the Eyes
yellow, the Pupil black: The Breaft and Belly of a pale
Cream Colour, fpotted with oblong dusky Spots: The
Back and covert Feathers of the "Wings redilh brown; the
quill Feathers and tail black; the Legs and upper Side of
the Feet lead Colour, the under fide light Brown; the
Talons large, hooked and black. This I had out of the
Colle&ion of Sir Thomas Lowther.
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