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THE FEATHERED TRIBES. 



thoroughly acquainted with the effect of age ou the form and colour of the condor, and 

 to them we are indebted for an exact knowledge of its varieties. 





FIO. 29. — THE CO.NIJOU. 



The beak of the condor is straight in the u]>por imil , but extremely crooked at the 

 extremity. 'Hie lower jaw is much sliorter tlian the upper. Tlic fore-part of lliis 

 enormous beak is white, the rest of a greyish bi'own. The head and neck arc naked, 



