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THE LAMB-SLAYER. 



a pile of twigs and heather and dead sticks, somewhat hollow 

 in the middle, where lies a thin deposit of wool and feathers. 

 Here repose the eaglets, two in number, and clothed in soft 

 white down. 



Independently of the species which, like the Pandion 

 halicetuSy and the Aquila ncevia^ inhabit the lower regions, the 

 eagles which visit the Alps are very remarkable. Thus, the 



FIG. 12. The Lammergeier. 



species of Gypaetos, which the inhabitants designate under the 

 name of the Lammergeier, or " Lamb-slayer," is the European 



