THE AMERICAN VULTURES 



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when the sun was concealed, and if they hovered in our neighborhood they always 

 kept the sun at their backs. This cannot be their invariable habit in a country 

 where the sun is so often invisible, though possibly it is adopted whenever there is 

 a chance, and the motive is obvious. The objects to be attacked are dazzled by the 



[Copyright 1892, h/ CHAS. SCRIBNER'S SONS.] 



GAUCHOS LASSOING CONDORS. 



sun's rays, while the assailants are enabled to inspect their brilliantly-lighted in- 

 tended victims at their ease, whose eyes are picked out at the earliest opportunity, 

 and are thus rendered completely defenseless. The herdsmen on Autisana had life- 

 long familiarity with the condor, and did not stand in awe of it. They told me 



