. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Black YxxUmiib (Vuliur momchus). carrion; but the most renowned feeders upon it are the Vultures,which are valuable scavengers in hot countries; whereof theBlack Tulture (Vultur monaohus) is a type. It is to be found 128 ElEMBNTS OF OENITHOLOGT. on both sides of the Mediterranean, and extends to India andChina. It is recorded that an Egyptian Vulture {Neophron percno-^pterus) was shot in Somersetshire in the year 1825. Whenfound it was busy eating the carcass of a sheep, and was sogorged that it could not, or would not, fly far at a time. Fig. T
. Birds: the elements of ornithology . The Black YxxUmiib (Vuliur momchus). carrion; but the most renowned feeders upon it are the Vultures,which are valuable scavengers in hot countries; whereof theBlack Tulture (Vultur monaohus) is a type. It is to be found 128 ElEMBNTS OF OENITHOLOGT. on both sides of the Mediterranean, and extends to India andChina. It is recorded that an Egyptian Vulture {Neophron percno-^pterus) was shot in Somersetshire in the year 1825. Whenfound it was busy eating the carcass of a sheep, and was sogorged that it could not, or would not, fly far at a time. Fig. The King Vulture {Cathartespupaj. There are fully sixteen species of Vultures, forming a groupwhich is peculiar to the Old World, where they range over itswarmer regions, save the Malay islands, Ceylon, Madagascar,and Australia. In the New World there are nine other kinds of Vulturesforming a distinct group. Of these the Condor (Sarcorhamph-us INTEODTJCTIOir. 129 gryphm) may still serve as a type, though it may ere longbecome extinct. The handsome King Vulture (Gathartespapa)also belongs to this group. A very curious and exceptional predaceous creature is theSecretary-bird (^Gypogeranm serpentarius) of Africa, whichhas long legs like those of a Crane. It is a renowned Serpent-eater. The name of Secretary has been applied to it on Fig. 139.
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