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M anners.
Vultur percnopterus* Lin.fyfi. i. p. fata!
Le'Percnoptere, Buf. oif. i. p. 149.
—— --------—— PI. enl. 426.
Le Vautour des Alpes, Brif. orn. i. p. 464.' N° 81
Percnopteros feu Gypaetos, Raii.fyn. p. 8.
Yulterine Eagle of Aldrovand, Will, orn. p. 64, t.4..
Lev, Muf
*jpHE male, according to Linnaus, is wholly white; the quills-
black, with hoary edges, except the two outer ones, which
are wholly black. The female is all over brown, with four of
the outer quills black. The bills in both black: cere yellow:.
noitrils. perpetually dripping thoillure. The feet naked.
They are faid to fly in large troops, and are very ufeful in de-
ftroying mice, which are numberlefs in Palejtine. To this we
may add the flze, which Brijjon fays rather exceeds, that o f a
common Eagle, and indeed we may fay much.larger,.as.Af. Fortis * ■
furnilhes a note to that purport.
* After faying, he meafured one himfelf, which was above twelve feet from tip
to tip of the wing, he adds, “ The extraordinary bulk of the Vultures of thofe
parts is not to be wondered at, nor the truth of this fad called in queftion.
The Vultures, of the Snvifs. mountains are of the fame race, and not only carry
off kids,, lambs, wild goats, and children, but will alfo attack grown up men*
The fpecies is called Vautour des Alpes, and it is particularly defcribed by old
Conrad Ge/ner, though unaccountably negle&ed by moft other ornithologiffs.
A well-ftuffed Ipecimen of this noble bird may be feen in the curious colle&ion
of the Reverend Mr. Sprungli, near Bern in Switzerland.” Travels into Dal*
mafia,, p. 245,
Vautour
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Vautour a tête blanche, Brif. orn. i. p. 466. N° 9.
Le petit Vautour, Buf. oif. i. p. 164.
Vautor de Norwege, PI. enl. 449.
Vultur albus, Raii. Syn. p. 10.
White Vulture, Will, orn. p. 67, N°.6v
Cinereous Vulture, Ditto, p. 66, N° 1.
JnRI S SON defcribes this bird as having a blueilh bill, the tip
black : the iris o f a dull red' : and that it is the fi'ze of a
large Cock : the body fuliginous, fpotted with chelhut : head
and neck white, with brown lines : quills half white half duflcy :
bafe of the tail white, the end brown with a- whitilh tip : legs
covered with dull yellow feathers.
Buffon thinks this Vulture to be the fame with a Vulture which,
he received from Norway, above quoted. This variety had the-
head and neck bare of feathers, and of a reddilh colour; the-
body almofl entirely white, except the quills, which were black.
In the Planches Enluminées,- the bill is coloured yellow, with, a
black tip ; the legs white j claws black..
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Vautour d’Egypte, Brif. orn. i. p. 457^ N° 3;
Sacre d’Egypte, Buf. i. p. 167.
Sacre Egyptien, Belon Hifi. d'Oif. p. n o . t. in. n r.
is faid to be of a rufous afh-colour, fpotted with browns
and is about the fi'ze of a kite : has a bill between that of a
Raven and a bird, of prey, with the legs and gait of a raven. It
is common about the pyramids of Egypt, where it is found in
large.
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