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228. The Condor of the Andes, Fig. 112, is the most 

 remarkable of the Vultures in regard to size and strength, 



and the height to which it soars. It is about four feet 

 long, and the expanse of its wings measures nine or ten 

 feet ; it is said to have reached in some cases even thir- 

 teen feet. Its habitual residence is ten or fifteen thou- 

 sand feet above the level of the sea, and it is often seen 

 soaring much higher than this. Besides feeding on car- 

 rion, it will often attack lambs and young goats, and 

 when two are together, they will attack so formidable an 

 animal as the Llama, or even the Puma. 



229. The bird commonly called the Turkey Buzzard 

 belongs to the Yulture family. It inhabits a great range 

 of country, being found in all the warmer parts of this 

 continent. It lives on all sorts of food. It sucks the 

 eggs and devours the young of many species of birds, 

 and will even eat .the dead bodies of its own species. It 



