THE CONDOR. 



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Europe, and the largest of these is the magnificent Condor, 

 which frequents the loftiest pinnacles of the mountains in 

 summer, and builds his eyrie at an elevation of upwards 

 of 15,000 feet above the sea. He wheels in lofty flight 



KING VULTUKE. 



over the desert plains of Patagonia even to the mouth of 

 the Rio Negro, and in winter descends in groups to feed 

 on the low grounds and the sea-shore; for he possesses the 

 true vulturine instinct of descrying a dead or dying animal 

 at a very considerable distance. Though he feeds princi- 

 pally on carrion, he will sometimes attack the li^'ing 

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