. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 340 NOUTII ;AX IHRDS. time kept nlive. It was, liownvi-r, iiiipaticiit of cimfiiiciiu'iit, and suocuecled ill teiiiiii^' (111! conl tiiat conliiiud liiiu rrniii li'<j;s, and in iiiakiii<,' liis escape. Dr. Cooper also .saw one of liii'so Vidtiin-s in cmiliiuMiit'iit, at Moiiterev, in llie ]) of Dr. Cunliidd. u fidl-i;ri)\vn individual which ho liad raisL'd from tiio nest. It had iiecn led exclusively on meat, had no offensive smell, and
. A history of North American birds [microform] : land birds. Birds; Ornithology; Oiseaux; Ornithologie. 340 NOUTII ;AX IHRDS. time kept nlive. It was, liownvi-r, iiiipaticiit of cimfiiiciiu'iit, and suocuecled ill teiiiiii^' (111! conl tiiat conliiiud liiiu rrniii li'<j;s, and in iiiakiii<,' liis escape. Dr. Cooper also .saw one of liii'so Vidtiin-s in cmiliiuMiit'iit, at Moiiterev, in llie ]) of Dr. Cunliidd. u fidl-i;ri)\vn individual which ho liad raisL'd from tiio nest. It had iiecn led exclusively on meat, had no offensive smell, and was clean and shining. It was yentle and familiar,. Pfiudoitryphus rnlifnrninnus. but seemed stupid, and dozed most of the time on a fence. This was subse- quently presented to the Zoijlotfical Society of Loudon, and formed the sub- ject of our fij^ure. The figure of the young bird on the page is taken from a ])hotograph of the same specimen at an early age. T)r. Heermann, in his I{e]iort on Lieutenant Williamson's Survey, mentions having observed this Vulture sading majestically in wide circles at a great height, and ranging by its powers of flight over an immense sjjuce of coun-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Baird, Spencer F. , 1823-1887; Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880; Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929. Boston : Little, Brown
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