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"The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue "vulture-eye", as the narrator calls it.
White-backed vulture: The Lion Guard: A vulture who is a leader of the flock. Nutsy and Trigger Vultures: Robin Hood: Nutsy and Trigger are two vultures from the film Robin Hood, who formerly served as henchmen to Prince John during King Richard's absence. Then, when King Richard returned, they reformed and take orders from King Richard. O and ...
The documentary series gives a bird's-eye view of South America, as condors soar along the Andes, scarlet macaws explore the heart of the Amazon and hummingbirds and vultures see the continent's greatest sights. It is a journey that includes Machu Picchu, the Nasca Lines and the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Santiago.
American film and television studios terminated production of black-and-white output in 1966 and, during the following two years, the rest of the world followed suit. At the start of the 1960s, transition to color proceeded slowly, with major studios continuing to release black-and-white films through 1965 and into 1966.
The greater yellow-headed vulture (Cathartes melambrotus), also known as the forest vulture, [2] is a species of bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the lesser yellow-headed vulture until they were split in 1964. [3] It is found in South America in tropical moist lowland forests. It is a ...
'Cinereous vulture' (Latin cineraceus, ash-coloured; pale, whitish grey), was a deliberate attempt to rename it with a new name distinct from the American black vulture. [4] This bird is an Old World vulture, and as such is only distantly related to the New World vultures, which are in a separate family, Cathartidae, of the same order.
It is a large black vulture with a ruff of white feathers surrounding the base of the neck and, especially in the male, large white patches on the wings. The head and neck are nearly featherless, and are a dull red color, which may flush and therefore change color in response to the bird's emotional state.
Coragyps is a genus of New World vulture that contains the black vulture (Coragyps atratus) and two extinct relatives. The genus Coragyps was introduced in 1853 by the French naturalist Emmanuel Le Maout to accommodate the black vulture. [1] [2] The name combines the Ancient Greek korax meaning "raven" with gups meaning "vulture". [3]