THE CONDOR OF THE ANDES 83 



state of California. By great good fortune the New York 

 Zoological Park has for several years exhibited a pair of these 

 birds, in the open air in summer, but always housed in winter. 



Largest of all the Birds of Prey is the CONDOR 1 of the 

 Andes, a bird of lofty home but lowly habits. In the Andes 

 of Chile and Peru, its range is from 9,000 to 16,000 feet above 

 the sea, and it not only feeds upon dead guanacos and vicunias, 

 horses and other domestic animals, but it also ventures to 

 attack living calves and old horses that are almost incapable 

 of defence. Condors are so easily captured alive that the 

 zoological gardens of the world are always well stocked with 

 them. 



By nature the Condor is a peace-loving bird, and visitors 

 to the New York Zoological Park have witnessed the strange 

 spectacle of the world's largest bird of prey the fine adult 

 male shown in the accompanying plate living in the great 

 Flying Cage in peace and harmony with about eighty flamin- 

 goes, herons, egrets, ibises, ducks, other water-birds and vari- 

 ous land-birds. Encouraged by the success of the Condor 

 experiment, a large griffon vulture was added to the "happy 

 family," with very satisfactory results. 



1 Sar-co-rham'pus gry'phus. Length of male, 48 inches; spread of wings, 8K 

 to 9 1 A feet. 



