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DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY. 



When on the wing, the lammergeier may be easily recognised by its long pointed 

 wings and tail ; and also by its mode of flight, which is even and gliding, with 

 an occasional flap of the wings. When hunting, it skims along the sides of the 



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LAMMERGEIER AND NEST. 



mountains, following every undulation of the hillside, and working backwards 

 and forwards in regular "beats," so that scarcely anything escapes its search. 

 In the Alps the lammergeier is now well-nigh exterminated, the last Swiss 



