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eight feet three quarters ; but obferves, that a Vulture has bee»
killed in Switzerland, meafuring twelve feet from the tip of one
wing to that o f the other r however, it ftill remains dubious whether
the Laemmer-geyer be the feme with the Condur, or a mere-
variety o f the Bearded Vulture, as feme think j for the firft is not
mentioned as having a comb on the head, which travellers furnilh
the Condur with. In Spilburgen’% Voyage *, it is laid, that “ in
“ the ifland Louies -J", they took two fowls, in beak, wings, and
" talons, refembling an Eagle-, and combs on their heads, like
“ Cocks. They were two ells high, and three in breadth, from
wing to wing, when ftretched out.”—»It is much to be feared,,
that other authors, as well as myfelf, have greatly confounded the
fpecies o f Vultures; for being, like the Falcon tribe, long-lived,
their plumage puts on a great variety o f drefs, fufficient to deceive
thole who have hitherto attempted to difcriminate them.
Carrion Vulture, Gen. Syn. vol. i. p. 9.— Jr3 . Zeol. N» 86._Damp.
CARRION V. * I f f ii. pt. 2d, p. 6j.
Strunt-vogel, or Dung-Bird, KolB. Cap. ii. p. 136 ?
J~ yAM P IE R obferves, that the fcent o f this bird is fo nice, that
very foon after a beaft is killed, two or three hundred will
flock together from all parts in lefs than an. hour’s time,, though
before not one was to be feen thereabouts.
Kolben remarks, that an hundred or more will attack an Ox or
Cow retired from labour, lick, and faint 5 and falling all at once
upon him, foon devour him: they begin by making a hole in the
* See Harris, Coll. Vry. vol. i. p. 35.
f This is not far diftant from Peyta, in South America.
belly,
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belly, and, thrufling in their heads, pick the flelhfrom the bones,
itill leaving the ikin to cover them,
Alpine V. Gen. Syn. vol. i. p. 12. N#7*
Vultur perenopterus, Linnai, Faun. Arag. p. 6^
j g U I L D S in high rocks, about Arragon in Spain: is called
there Boleta.: is fometimes driven by tempefl: from Perfia to
Afirachan, in the Ruffian dominions; as fome have been fliot
thereabouts.
Cinereous V. Gen. Syn. i. p. 14. Nc 8.
Vultur totus fufeus, F-aun.Arag. p. 67.
J J 'O D N D in Arragon: faid to vary, fometimes o f a blackifli colour
: called in Spain, Vuitre.•
Bengal V. Gen. Syn. i. p. 19. N® 16. pi. I.
Vultur perenopterus (fem.) HaJJelq. Voy. p. 194, (Eng. ed.)?
J T has been hinted to me, that this bird is no other than the
female of the above-quoted, from Hajfelquift *, which appears
not unlikely. This author obferves, that it has an horrid appearance:
the face naked and wrinkled : the eyes large and black :
the beak black and hooked : the talons large : the whole body
polluted with filth. He adds, that they are bold birds; and that
all the places round Cairo are filled with the dead bodies o f AJfes
scad Camels, and thoufands o f thefe birds fly about, and devour
* Not tlie V. perenopterus of hinntms.—‘My aJh-coloursd'V, p, 13, is moll probably
the male to that of Haffelqviji.
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