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THE SNOW-]'ULTURE. 



chiefly remarkable for its powerful flight and glut- 

 tony. 



Late in the morning when the sun is already 

 warm, the snow-vultures rise from their nocturnal 

 haunts, which are invariably amongst the most inac- 

 cessible cliffs, and fly at first low along the axis of 



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the range, then, circling upwards, soar to untold 

 heicrhts. When we have been encamped at an ele- 

 vation of 1 2,000 feet I have watched them with a 

 good field-glass ascending until they completely dis- 

 appeared from sight, as each stroke of their powerfiil 



