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names are given to the different forms of this, as biograph, mut a scope, etc. looking substance consisting of sulphur and the copper or zinc. Also the popular name for sulphuric acid (q. v.). Blue vitriol is sulphate of copper; green vitriol is copperas, or ferrous sulphate; red vitriol is a native sulphate of cobalt; white vitriol is zinc di olved in sul¬ phuric acid, and is a sulphate of zinc. A burning mountain, with an opening at the top called a crater, from which fire, steafn, lava, cinders, etc., are thrown up. stance, hardened by heating with sulphur, and made into combs, buttons, etc. prey. The neck of the vulture is bare, but at the lower part there is a loose fold of skin covered with feathers under which it draws its head to keep it warm. Vultures feed upon carrion, and seldom attack living animals. The condor, king vulture, turkey buzzard, griffin, and lammergeir are all vultures. The condor is the largest vul¬ ture of the New World and is found in the Andes. The lammergeir is found in Europe, Asia and Africa.