232 The Black Vulture 
this lofty post, some 8,o00 ft. above the sea, and 5,000 ft. above 
the plains below, a Golden Eagle came sailing past us and perched 
on an adjacent pinnacle rock. Later on, a splendid Bearded 
Vulture appeared, hunting steadily along the snow-line and paying 
no attention to our presence, on the look-out, most probably, for 
any carcass. or remains which might come to light as the snows 
melted under the warm rays of the April sun. 
