. A general history of birds . .LAcabiray, Voy. dAzar. iii. p. Bresil, Biif.\. , Tein. Man, Ed. 2. p. Buzzard, Cat. Car. i. pi. 6 Phil. Trans, xvil. Vulture, G<?H. iSyH. i. p. 5. Id. Sup. p. 2. Sloan. Jam. W. p. 254. Brown Jam^ 471. Damp. Voy. ii. pi. 2. p. 67. Arct. Zool. i\. No. 86, Woods Zoogr. i. 375. THIS bird is nearly the the Khig Vulture; generallength, about two feet; extent of wing, four feet or more; the billwhite, M itli a black tip; irides, bluish saffron colour; the head andpart of the neck, bare and rufous
. A general history of birds . .LAcabiray, Voy. dAzar. iii. p. Bresil, Biif.\. , Tein. Man, Ed. 2. p. Buzzard, Cat. Car. i. pi. 6 Phil. Trans, xvil. Vulture, G<?H. iSyH. i. p. 5. Id. Sup. p. 2. Sloan. Jam. W. p. 254. Brown Jam^ 471. Damp. Voy. ii. pi. 2. p. 67. Arct. Zool. i\. No. 86, Woods Zoogr. i. 375. THIS bird is nearly the the Khig Vulture; generallength, about two feet; extent of wing, four feet or more; the billwhite, M itli a black tip; irides, bluish saffron colour; the head andpart of the neck, bare and rufous red; sides of the head v^arted,- asin the turkey; whole plumage, brown black with a purplish andgreen gloss in different lights; quills and tail somewhat darker thanthe rest, the last near seven inches long, and cuneiform ; legs fleshcolour, smooth before; at the usual place of the neck the feathereare ratlier fuller and more slender, but scarcely sufficient to consti-tute, what may be called a ruff, except in very old VULTURE. 13 This inhabits both North and South America, as also the WestIndia islands, and very common in Paraguay. It feeds on deadcarcasses, snakes, and other reptiles, and, from this circumstance,becomes very oiFensive in smell. It is gregarious, resting, in num-bers, on trees, during the night, in the manner of rooks in the nest on mountains covered with brushwood, in a hollowtiee, or log, laying two and sometimes as far as four white eggs, withreddish markings, about 2|in. long and 2 in. broad—is seen aboutPensylvania in summer, passing to the south as winter are esteemed most useful in the places where they resort, andsecures their safety, which is further promoted by a penalty forkilling one, and this law was, not many years since, in force, if notcontinued to the present time, in Jamaica and other West Indiaislands. When taken young, will often become very tame, if notfamiliar. Two of them having been brought ali
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