NEW YORK ZOOLOGICAL PARK. 143 
CALIFORNIA CONDOR. 
THE EAGLE AND VULTURE AVIARY, No. 11. 
This long-needed structure has been scheduled for erection 
and completion in 1911, and on June 1 work on it was in full 
progress. It will stand in the open glade, but well sur- 
rounded by forest trees, in Bird Valley, between the Aquatic 
Bird House and the new Zebra House. Its length over all is 
210 feet. It has seven very large flight cages and six smaller 
ones. The largest cages are 24 feet wide, 33 feet deep and 31 
feet high. In the rear of the great wire structure will stand 
a very comfortable brick building to serve as a winter 
shelter for the tropical birds of the collection; but it will 
not be open to the public. 
Now that our eagles and vultures are to be brought to- 
gether, visitors will find that the collection is a large one, 
and contains many fine species. 
The Condor, (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), of the Andes, is the 
largest of the birds of prey, having a wing-spread of over 
nine feet. It feeds entirely on carrion, rarely attacking liv- 
ing animals. In the male, the head is adorned with a large 
fleshy comb, much like that of a barn-yard cock. The So- 
ciety at present possesses several specimens of this great 
bird. 
The King Vulture, (Gypaygus papa), is as its proud name 
implies, the one member of the Vulture Family which really 
