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VUIiTURE.
is the most large byrde of praye that is to be founde.
iSea CnAKL^TO^^ Oiwinnsl, 64 yulttir Ciiiereus, the ;ishcoloured
VuUur. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1824) II. 252 In
this tribe we may range.. the ash-coloured, .vulture. 1750
tj. Edwabus Xat. Hist. Birils III. 106 The "Bearded
Vulture. 'J his P.ird is df the Bigness of an Eagle. 1809
SiiAw£7^«.2'tftf/. VII. 13 From which circumstance the name
of liearded Vulture is particularly applied to the present
species. iS8> Eiicycl. Brit. XIV. 243/2 L;iinniergeyer..or
Bearded Vulture, . .one of the grandest birdWf-prey of the
Palaearctic Region. 1S7S Turuf.rv. Falcoiirie 16 There are
two sortes, ..the ashe mayld, or "blacke Vulture, and the
browne or whitish Vulture. i6oi Holi.a.no Ftiuy x. vi. 1.
274 The blacke vultures are the best. 1809 Shaw Cell.
Zool. VII. 31 l;lack Vulture.. This bird is described as
larger than the Golden Vulture, and of a black colour. 1837
Partington s Urit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 82^/2 The Black
Vulture (C. nti-atus) is a darker and smaller species. 1809
Shaw&u.^oo/.VII. io*Californi.in Vuhure. 1872 CouEs
jV. Aiiier. Birils 222 Californian Vulture. Brownish-black,
lustrous above, paler below. 1888 Eiictcl. Brit. X.XIV.
302/1 Fseudogr^phus, the great Californian Vulture. 1781
I.ATHAM Gtii. Synop. Birds I. 9 "Carrion Vulture. The
size of this species is about that of a Turkey. 1849
Tennyson ' You might hare 7uoii ' .^5 For whom the carrion
vulture waits—To tear his heart ! 1896 tr. Boas' Tc;