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An Old World vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), native to S Europe, Africa, India, and Tibet; also known as the bearded vulture; grey back; reddish head and underparts; white chest, on which it rubs reddish iron oxide dust; dark ‘beard’ of stiff feathers; inhabits mountains; eats carrion, especially bones, which it breaks by dropping them from the air onto rocks. (Family: Accipitridae.)

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• 1962 Opening of the 4800-mile Trans-Canada highway, linking St John's Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia.

• 1189 Coronation of King Richard I of England (r.1189–99), known as Richard the Lionheart, at Westminster Abbey.

• 1833 Publication of the first penny newspaper, The New York Sun, in the USA.

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Dunbar, Paul Lawrence (1872–1906)
American poet


I know why the caged bird sings!