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related as belonging to the Condor; in the 
same manner that in Switzerland, what is re- 
lated of the seizure of living animals by the 
Lammer-geyer, is to be understood of the 
Bearded Eagle; and what is related of the 
Lammer-geyer, as preying upon carrion, is 
to be understood, not of an Eagle, but of a 
Vulture; namely, the Gryphon Vulture of 
Europe. {%n South America, we are to 
reckon, either that ‘‘ Condor” is a name 
given sometimes to its Gryphon Vulture, 
and sometimes to its Harpy Eagle; or, by 
the name of Condor, we are to understand 
specifically the South American Gryphon 
Vulture. 
But the true histories, neither of the Con- 
dor nor Harpy Eagle, justify the ancient 
accounts, of the size, nor of the strength of 
the supposed Condor. The Condor has been 
said to measure eighteen feet across the 
wings; whereas, nine feet is the usual 
breadth, a dimension in which it is equalled 
by the Albatross; ten feet is large; and 
fourteen feet is spoken of as the extreme ex- 
pansion ever discovered, and may have occa- 
sionally been found, either in the Condor or 
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