THE GREAT VULTURES 



Fig. 49. THE GREAT BLACK- 

 BACKED GULL. 



Vulture or Lammergeier, and 

 the great Condor of the 

 Andes, about which so many 

 exaggerated stories have been told. They 

 are of about equal size, averaging from 

 eight to nine feet across the wings ; both 

 seem to prefer carrion, and are in- 

 valuable scavengers, but will kill their prey when necessary, 



