. A general history of birds . Cimcl physic, t. 28. Nat. Misc. No. 857. Falco Serpentarius, Gm. Lin. i. p. 250. Miller, III. p. 28. A. B. Serpentarius, Snake-eater, Shaivs Zool. vii. pt. i. 46. pi. 14. Grus capensis cauda cristata, Petiv. Gaz. t. 12. f. 12. Sagittarius, Phil Trans. Ixi. p. 55. pi. 2. Vosm. monog. t. 8. Secretarius reptilivorus, Daud. Orn. u. p. 30. pi. ii. Messag-er, 7V»i. Man. cd. ii. p. xlviii. Slaangen vraater, Sparm. Voy. i. p. 194. Mangeur des Serpens, Levaill. Ois. pi. 25. Secretaire, Messager, Bn/.vW. p. 328. pi. ,17. pi. enl. 721. Son. Voy. p. 87. pi. 50. Ibis, Gent. M
. A general history of birds . Cimcl physic, t. 28. Nat. Misc. No. 857. Falco Serpentarius, Gm. Lin. i. p. 250. Miller, III. p. 28. A. B. Serpentarius, Snake-eater, Shaivs Zool. vii. pt. i. 46. pi. 14. Grus capensis cauda cristata, Petiv. Gaz. t. 12. f. 12. Sagittarius, Phil Trans. Ixi. p. 55. pi. 2. Vosm. monog. t. 8. Secretarius reptilivorus, Daud. Orn. u. p. 30. pi. ii. Messag-er, 7V»i. Man. cd. ii. p. xlviii. Slaangen vraater, Sparm. Voy. i. p. 194. Mangeur des Serpens, Levaill. Ois. pi. 25. Secretaire, Messager, Bn/.vW. p. 328. pi. ,17. pi. enl. 721. Son. Voy. p. 87. pi. 50. Ibis, Gent. Mag. v. xxxix pi. in. p. 568. Secretary Vulture, Gen. Syn. i. p. 29. pi. 2. Id. Sup. p. 4. THIS is a most cvnious species, remarkable for the great lengthof its legs, which at first sight might induce one to think it belongedto the Waders, but the characters of the Vulture are so stronglymarked, as to create much doubt in what class it ought to be placed. When standing erect the head is full three feet from the ground. ii.^ ^rfc -S/rr/t/?/^/. SECRETARY. 39 The bill is black, sharp, and crooked, as in the eagle, somewhatcompressed towards the point; the gape very wide; cere white;roiuid the eyes bare and orange coloured; irides pale grey; theupper eyelids beset with strong bristles, like eyelashes ; head, neck,breast, and upper parts of the body bluish ash colour ; bastard wing,quills, vent, and thighs black, the last speckled with white, in someplain—at the bend of the wing one or more roundish knobs; the fivefirst quills longer than the rest; tail cuneifonn, but the two middlefeathers are double the length of the others, in colour much like thatof the body, but darker; the ends of all the feathers, for above aninch, black, but the very tips are white; under parts of the bodytlusky white, but on the belly the white has a mixture of dusky;legs very long, stouter than those of the heron, yellowish brown, andfeathered below the joint.* From the hind-head springs a kind ofelo
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