. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . tions. ( 53 ) MUSEUM LEVERIANU No. IV. ^ VULTUR ANGOLENSIS. CHARACTER GENERICUS. Rostrum redtum, apice aduncum. Caput (plcrifque) impenne, antice nuda cute. Lingua bifida. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. Vultur albus, orbitis nudis incarnatisj remigibus bafique caiid« nigris. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 7. Falco Angolenfis. Gmel. Syji. i. p. 252. O ARIOR eft et pulchrior hasc fpecies plerifqiie vulturini generis. Eadeni-»-V fere ei magnitudo ac anati anferi Linnsei, forma autem gracilior. Rof-trum albicat. Cutis nuda ad roftri bafin fubcsrulea. Irides meiina?, ci
. Musei Leveriani explicatio, anglica et latina . tions. ( 53 ) MUSEUM LEVERIANU No. IV. ^ VULTUR ANGOLENSIS. CHARACTER GENERICUS. Rostrum redtum, apice aduncum. Caput (plcrifque) impenne, antice nuda cute. Lingua bifida. CHARACTER SPECIFICUS. Vultur albus, orbitis nudis incarnatisj remigibus bafique caiid« nigris. Lath. Ind. Orn. p. 7. Falco Angolenfis. Gmel. Syji. i. p. 252. O ARIOR eft et pulchrior hasc fpecies plerifqiie vulturini generis. Eadeni-»-V fere ei magnitudo ac anati anferi Linnsei, forma autem gracilior. Rof-trum albicat. Cutis nuda ad roftri bafin fubcsrulea. Irides meiina?, cinftisoculis cute implumi carnei coloris. Cum rcliquis plerifque congeneribus caputNo. IV. Y fit C ^54 ) fit denudatum, huic pennis contegltur. Tota avis albet, cxceptis remlgibustedricibulque majoribus feu fecundariisj nee non caudje bafi nigrantibus, qu^tamen albo terminantur. Crura pallida. In Angola innafcitur pulchra hasc fpecies, primum a celeberrimo Pennant»defcripta. Reliquis plerifque vukuribus aiacri ingenio dicitur antecellere» THE. f;/.J:/Ljj/Li/^y. ! //, ■/<:<■/„„ „n,//, . ( iSS )THE ANGOLA VULTURE. GENERIC CHARACTER. Bill flrait, hooked at the tip. Head commonly bare of feathers, with a naked fkin in front, To^fGUE bifid. SPECIFIC CHARACTER, &c. White Vulture, with naked flefli-coloured orbits, the longer wing-feathers and bafe of the tail Vulture. Pennants Tour in Walesj vol. i. p. 22S, /. Synopf. 1. p. 18. O^ THE very rare fpecies of Vulture here reprefented, is poflefled of a de-gree of elegance not often feen in this voracious tribe. In fizc it isnot far inferior to a goofe, but is of a more flender make. The bill is of apale or whitifh colour; the cere, or bare fliin at the bafe, blueifh ; the iridesftraw-coloured, and the eyes are furrounded by a bare flefli-coloured head is not naked, as in moft other vultures, but clothed with whole bird is white, except the larger wing-feathers, or remiges,
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