Sifrei Devarim 103

¹(Devarim 14:11) "Every clean bird you may eat": Because it is written (Vayikra 14:4) "And the Cohein shall command, and he shall take for the one to be cleansed (from leprosy) two birds," I might think that just as the slaughtered bird is forbidden (to be eaten), so, the sent-away bird; it is, therefore, written " Every clean bird you may eat (including the sent-away bird). ²— But perhaps, just as the sent-away bird is permitted, so, the slaughtered bird is permitted; it is, therefore, written (Devarim, Ibid . 12) " And this is what you may not eat of them" (including the slaughtered bird.) ³( Ibid .) "the great vulture, the bearded vulture, and the osprey": R. Akiva says: It is written here " nesher " (great vulture), and, elsewhere (Vayikra 11:13) " nesher ." Just as there, all relating to nesher , both feeding and eating, is forbidden, so, here. ⁴R. Shimon says: It is written here (Devarim, Ibid . 13) "the ayah ," and there (Vayikra, Ibid . 14) "the ayah ." Just as here, "the ra'ah " is understood as a kind of ayah , so, there.