. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. 7(^ VERTKIIKATES : lilRDS. Vultures. Vultures have the head nearly naked or thinly cov- ered with feathers, and, unlike the other rapacious Birds, seldom capture prey, but feed upon carrion, which they trace by sight at great distances. They make no nest, but deposit their eggs on the ground or naked rock. There are three or four kinds in the United States. The Condor of the Andes and the Lammer- geyer of the Alps are Vultures of the largest kind. The latter attacks lambs, goats, and the chamois. The California Vulture is the largest Bird of Prey in Nort
. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. 7(^ VERTKIIKATES : lilRDS. Vultures. Vultures have the head nearly naked or thinly cov- ered with feathers, and, unlike the other rapacious Birds, seldom capture prey, but feed upon carrion, which they trace by sight at great distances. They make no nest, but deposit their eggs on the ground or naked rock. There are three or four kinds in the United States. The Condor of the Andes and the Lammer- geyer of the Alps are Vultures of the largest kind. The latter attacks lambs, goats, and the chamois. The California Vulture is the largest Bird of Prey in North America, being as large as the largest Turkey ; the color is black, the head orange and red. See Figure 104. Falcons, Hawks, and Eagles. These Birds have the head clothed with feathers, and their talons are verj^ sharp. Their flight is rapid, and they attack their prey with great ferocity, capturing chickens, ducks, grouse, quails, hares, rabbits, squirrels, and other small animals. The species are numerous, about seventy kinds of Eagles being known, and more than thirty kinds of Falcons and Hawks inhabiting North America. The true Falcons have a distinct tooth in the upper mandible, as seen in Figure Fig. 105. — American Peregrine Falcon, or Ducli Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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