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whole plumage is brown black, with a purple and green glofs in-
different refleftions; but in fome birds, efpecially young ones,,
greatly verging to dirty brown. The feathers, of the quills and
tail, blacker than the reft of- the body. The legs are flefh-co-
lour; the claws black.
This bird is very common in the W ft Indies, and both North
and' South America. It feeds on dead carcafes, fnakes, &c. like
moft of this genus ; which makes the fmell o f it very offenfive.
In general, very tame in its wild ftate; but particularly fo, when
trained up from being young. This-I, experienced in two birds
fent me from Jamaica. They were fuffered to run wild about
the garden, .and were alert and brifk during the fummer months:
but impatient of the leaft cold'; for a,rainy day, with the flighted:
degree of cold,, obliged them to.creep for ihelter. — I am told,,
that in the Weft Indies they rooft together of nights, in vaft
numbers, like Rooks in this country. They are reckoned a
moft ufeful animal in. the places, where they refort; which fe-
cures their fafety, added to a penalty for killing one, which is
in. force in Jamaicai and, I believe, other iflands of the Weft
Indies. — I have been informed,, that the-one inhabiting North•
America exceeds, in fize that o f the Weft Indies, by nearly one
third.
Vultur
Vultur barbatus, Lin.fyft. i. p* i*3#
Le Vautour barbu, BriJ\ orn. app• p. 26.
Vultur bceticus, Raii fytt. p. 10.
Chefnut Vulture, Will, orn. p. 66.
Bearded Vulture, Ed<w. orn. t. 106.
Q IZE of an Eagle; extent of wing, according to Edwards, feven
3 feet and half; from bill to claws two feet eight inches. The
t i l l is of a purplifh flefh-colour, deepeft at the bafe, and hooked
at the point only: under the lower mandible is a tuft of black
feathers hanging down like a beard: the infide of the mouth is
blue: the eye-lids are red, and the hides of a bright yellow:
the head for the moft part is covered with white'down; the
forehead, the cheeks, and round the eyes, black, which narrowing
into a fillet behind each eye, meet behind at the crown, encircling
the head: from the angles of the mouth it is again
black, paffing a little way downwards on each fide, like whif-
kers : the neck is covered with narrow, long feathers, pointed at
the end, and of a whitilh colour : the body is blackifh brown
above, the edges of the feathers paleft; the under parts are
white, with a tinge of brown: the legs are covered with downy
white feathers : the toes are lead-colour, and the claws brown.
This fpecies inhabits Africa: the fpecimen from which Edwards
drew his bird came from Santa Cruz in Bariary.
C a Vultur
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BEARDED
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