King vulture, Sarcoramphus papa, and turkey vulture, Cathartes aura. Le roi des vautours, Vultur papa, L'urubus, Vultur aura. Handcoloured engraving by Fournier after an illustration by Edouard Travies from Achille Richard's Oeuvres Completes de Buffon, Pourrat Freres, Paris, 1839.

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