416 The Bearded Vulture 
Griffon was evidently in mortal fear and endeavoured to avoid 
the meeting with its formidable relative. Next moment the 
Bearded Vulture, having swooped upwards above the Griffon, 
turned and struck her vigorously; the two huge birds became 
interlocked and, losing their equilibrium, fell vertically at least 
100 feet. 
BEARDED VULTURE SOARING AROUND SUMMIT OF CRAG, 
It was a marvellous sight for a bird-lover. I had my camera 
in hand at the moment as I had been trying to take the Griffon 
standing in her nest and, swinging it round, tried to take a snap 
at the two great birds before they separated, but failed. The 
Griffon made off at speed and hardly shows in the photograph 
but the Bearded Vulture below it is, despite its minute size, 
recognizable as such owing to its length of tail. 
