The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . fused spe-cies, inhabiting the mountainous partsof the whole ancient continent. Itsbody surpasses in size that of a Swan[possibly in the instance of some fe-males. This bird has been errone-ously stated to have fourteen tail-feathers.* The greater number of thegenus possess similar characters.] The Dusky Vulture (K. cinereus,Gm.)—As widely distributed as thepreceding [but less numerously], andstill larger -. it frequently attacks liv-ing animals. [This specie
The animal kingdom, arranged after its organization : forming a natural history of animals, and an introduction to comparative anatomy . fused spe-cies, inhabiting the mountainous partsof the whole ancient continent. Itsbody surpasses in size that of a Swan[possibly in the instance of some fe-males. This bird has been errone-ously stated to have fourteen tail-feathers.* The greater number of thegenus possess similar characters.] The Dusky Vulture (K. cinereus,Gm.)—As widely distributed as thepreceding [but less numerously], andstill larger -. it frequently attacks liv-ing animals. [This species exemplifiesthe subgenus GyiJs of Savigny: hav-ing the beak more sharply pointed,the nostrils almost round, and thehead partially clothed with Vultures generally, indeed, havethe head and neck feathered whenyoung, like the Turkey and otherbirds which havs bald heads in a stateof maturity : the immature V. Aiigo-lensis, Gm., is doubtfully figured byBennett as a species of Caracara {Po-lybortis? hvpoleucos); but the adults of »true Vulture—2, ditto, of Neophron—3, ditto, of of that spccies continue to havc those. , the for; presumed Catharifs—G, ditto, uf Sec 1 of which have become obliterated ttary. parts invested.] The Oricou Vulture (F. auricularis, Daud.), an African species, [probably the largest of the true Vultures,] hasa longitudinal fleshy crest on each side of the neck, above the ear, [a character which likewise occurs, less promi-nently, in one or two others]. America produces Vultures remarkable for the caruncles which surmount the membrane at the baseof the beak; the latter is as large as in the preceding, but the nostrils are oval and longitudinal. They are The Condors {Sarcoramphus, Dumeril),— [A very distinct genus, remarkable for having no muscles attached to the trachea, in consequence of which they are necessarily deprived of voice, emitting no sound beyond a weak snorting. Their hind toe is shorter than in other Accipitres.] The King C
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