sopilote

_ A vulture or bird of prey much like the sopilote.

Aids to the Study of the Maya Codices Sixth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1884-85, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1888, pages 253-372 Cyrus Thomas 1867

They are not republican, nor do they appear inclined to declare their independence, having kings, to whom it is said they pay so much respect, that if one of the royal species arrives at the same time with a plebeian sopilote, in sight of a dead body, the latter humbly waits till the sovereign has devoured his share, before he ventures to approach.

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

The surrounding houses black with smoke of powder or with fire – a view of bare red sandhills all round – not a tree, or shrub, or flower, or bird, except the horrid black sopilote, or police-officer.

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

Such environs! the surrounding houses black with smoke of powder or with fire -- a view of bare red sandhills all round -- not a tree, or shrub, or flower, or bird, except the horrid black sopilote, or police-officer.

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

They are not republican, nor do they appear inclined to declare their independence, having kings, to whom it is said they pay so much respect, that if one of the royal species arrives at the same time with a plebeian sopilote, in sight of a dead body, the latter humbly waits till the sovereign has devoured his share, before he ventures to approach.

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