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EARED VULTURE. 



LAMMERGETER. 



THE EAGLE AND VULTURE AVIARY, No. 11. 



The Eagle and Vulture Aviary stands in an open glade, 

 but well surrounded by forest trees, in Bird Valley, be- 

 tween the Aquatic Bird House and the new Zebra House. 

 It is a commodious and pleasant installation, well adapted 

 to exhibit the Society's collection of rapacious birds. 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 he 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, (Gypagus papa), is as its proud name 

 implies, the one member of the Vulture Family which really 



