178 Birds of Prey Eagte Condor. 



length is about three feet. Some eagles have 

 been known to live more than a hundred years. 



3. The EAGLE is noted for its great strength 

 and endurance, and it has been accepted as an 

 emblem of the United States, also of Prussia, 

 Austria, and other great nations. 



4. Although eagles have been reported to be 

 very fierce, and as having carried off young chil- 

 dren, yet they have not always shown as much 

 bravery and courage as some smaller birds. 



5. On account of the eagle's cowardice and tyranny 

 Benjamin Franklin lamented that it should have been se- 

 lected as the emblem of this country. 



6. The young eagles, called eaglets, are driven from 

 their eyrie (a 1 re), or nesfr, by the old ones, so soon as they 

 are able to provide for themselves. 



Head and Bill of Humming-Bird, 1 inch long-; of Eagle, 10 

 inches; of Condor, 10 inches all to be drawn on the black- 

 board full size. 



7. The largest bird of flight is the CONDOR, 

 which has its home in the Andes Mountains. 

 It lives in the highest and loneliest places, and, 

 like the eagle, it is a bird of prey. Two of 



