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the offal of a slain goat, retiring after the banquet to a con- 

 venient tree to await the process of digestion. I have never 

 known of their eating the bodies of their own species, but 

 they do not object to making a meal off the flesh of a fat 

 petrel if fortune casts a dead one in their way. 



The goats, I believe, are seldom molested in a time of 

 plenty by the few Eagles that remain, although during a 

 scarcity of food, it is not unlikely that they would attack a 

 kid or possibly even a full grown animal. By the latter 

 part of April, the birds had apparently not paired, and I 

 believe the eggs are not laid until the latter part of May or 

 June. 



The Mexicans said that a cliff was always chosen for a 

 nesting place, thus making their nests difficult to find and 

 still more difficult of access. This being the case, I fear 

 the eggs will long remain unknown. 



LIST OF SPECIMENS. 



Remarks. The adult birds have light-brown eyes. Bill, pale bluish 

 white. Cere, lores, feet and legs, chrome yellow. The yellow of lores as- 

 sumes a salmon color soon after death, but this disappears for a short time 

 if a finger is pressed upon the spot, resuming again the salmon color as the 

 skin dries. Immature birds have dark-brown eyes. Bill, light bluish. 

 Lores, not chrome yellow. Feet and legs, nearly "Naples yellow" in color. 

 All of the so-called immature birds which I have seen (five in number) have 

 been in worn or ragged plumage. 



