And the same idea is expressed in Henry IV. (Part II. Act v. Sc. 4):—
“Let vultures vile seize on his lungs also!”
Occasionally we find the word “vulture” employed as an adjective:—
“Her sad behaviour feeds her vulture folly.”
Lucrece.
And—
“Whose vulture thought doth pitch the price so high.”
Venus and Adonis.
THE OSPREY:
The structure of the Osprey is wonderfully adapted to his habits, and an examination of the feet of this bird will prove how admirably contrived they are for grasping and holding a slippery fish. Mr. St. John, who had excellent opportunities of studying the Osprey in his native haunts, says:[39]—“I generally saw the osprey fishing about the lower pools of the rivers near their mouths; and a