A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles (1859) (14565028589)

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Title: A history of the birds of Europe, not observed in the British Isles

Year: 1859 (1850s)

Authors: Bree, Charles Robert, 1811-1886 Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893, engraver

Subjects: Birds Birds Birds

Publisher: London : Groombridge and Sons ...

Contributing Library: Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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pplied to the egg of V. fulvus. 12 Rap aces — Diurn^:.. Family I.— VULTURID^E. Genus II.—Gypaetos. (Storr.J Generic Characters.—Head and neck covered with feathers;claws slightly curved; beak very strong, upper mandibleelevated and curved at the end; nostrils oval. Feet short,the three anterior toes united at their base by a membrane;middle toe very long. Wings long; first quill shorter thanthe second, the third longest. Vertebra? thirteen. BEARDED VULTURE. Gypaetos barbatus. Gypaetus barbatus, Cuviee. Temminck. Gould. Schinz. bonapaete. leucocephalus et melanocephalus, Meyee and Wolff. Vultur barbatus, Linnjjus. niger et aureus, Beisson. barbarus et Falco barbarus, Gmelin. barbarus et barbatus, Latham. Phene ossifraga, Savignt. Vieillot. Lesson. Lcemmergeier or Bartalder, Of the Geemans. Avoltoio barbutio, Of the Italians. Gypaete barbu, Of the Fbench. Specific Characters.—Base of beak above as well as belowcovered with stiff hairs. Length four feet seven inches.—Degland.

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BEARDED VULTURE. 13 The Lammergeyer, or Lamb-slayer, is becoming oneof the rarest birds of Europe, though at one time itwas found in plenty by the chasseurs of the Swissmountains and the Tyrol. Its predatory habits markit as an object of destruction, and in obedience towhat appears a natural law, like the Red Indian, itdisappears before the march of civilization. Its homeis in the wildest and most lonely parts of the grandmountains in the Indian and European continents. Thetraveller from the Himalayas meets with it again inthe dreary Caucasus, as well as in the rocky heightsof the Tyrol, or the gloomy grandeur of the snow-capped Alps. It is found in Egypt, in Syria, inAlgeria, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in Siberia.It is rarest in Switzerland and Germany, though stillnot uncommon in Sardinia. Occasionally it is foundin France and Spain. This bird forms the natural passage from the Vulturesto the Falcons. Like the latter it feeds upon livingprey, and the neck is covered with feathers

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