sopilotes

Add to this, the sopilotes cleaning the streets, – disgusting, but useful scavengers.

Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

On one side, the fort, with its black and red walls: on the other, the miserable, black-looking city, with hordes of large black birds, called sopilotes, hovering over some dead carcass, or flying heavily along in search of carrion.

Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

The robbers who, in hopes of plunder, flocked down at the time of the fête, like sopilotes seeking carrion, hide themselves among the barren rocks of the

Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country Frances Erskine Inglis 1843

Add to this, the sopilotes cleaning the streets, -- disgusting, but useful scavengers.

Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843

The robbers who, in hopes of plunder, flocked down at the time of the fête, like sopilotes seeking carrion, hide themselves among the barren rocks of the _Pedregal_, and render all cross-roads insecure, except with a very strong escort.

Life in Mexico Frances Calder��n de la Barca 1843