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Leng'th of tlie beak, 1 inch 2 iine5. 



Diameter of the eye, G lines. 



Thickness of the head, 3 inches 1 line. 



Breadth of tlie hood, or white collar, 2 inches 1 line. 



Extent of the wings at full stretch, eight feet 1 inch ; for each vving was 



3 feet S inches, and the diameter of the body, 9 inches. 

 The longest feather of the wings was 2 feet 2 inches ; the pennce se- 



cundaricE, 14 inches, 

 Length'of the tail, I foot 1 inch. 

 Naked part of the feet, 10 inches. 

 Diameter of the tibia, 8 lines- 

 Length of the intermediate toe, 5 inches 2 lines. 

 The two lateral toes, 2 inches 6 lines. 

 The fourth toe (the smallest), 1 inch 6 lines. 

 Length of the claws of the three great toes, 11 to 12 lines. 



The dimensions of a male condor, taken on the eastern de- 

 clivity of Chimborazzo, were as follow : — 



• Length of the head from the occiput to point of beak, Cinches 11 lines. 



Length of the beak, 2 inches 9 lines. 



Breadth of the beak closed, 1 inch 2 lines. 



Length of the crest, 4 inches 9 lines ; breadth, 1 inch 5 lines ; thickness, 

 half a line. 



Length of the bird from point of beak to tail, 3 feet 3 inches, 2 lines. 



Height of the animal perched, having the neck but moderately elon- 

 gated, 2 feet 8 inches. 



Breadth of the collar, or white hood, 2 inches 2 lines. 



Envergure of the wings, 8 feet 9 inches. 



Breadth of the tibia, 11 lines. 



Length of the intermediate toe, without reckoning the claw, 3 inches 

 11 lines. 



Length of the claw of the same, 2 inches. 



Length of the two lateral toes with claw, 3 inches 7 lines ; without claw, 

 2 inches 3 lines. 



Length of the smallest toe with claw, 1 inch S lines. 



Naturalists, says M. de Humboldt, who shall attentively 

 observe the dimensions here given, will no doubt be surprised 

 to recognize a bird merely of the European size. He has seen 

 no condor, the envergure of which, or measurement of wing 



