ORNITHOLOGY. 



as to give the young birds all the appearance of the old 

 ones. 



The Indians are in the habit of taking them by means 

 of nooses prepared for them, and by means of baits of dead 

 carcases sett for that purpose ; for when the Condor has 

 gorged itself with food, it becomes indolent and unwilling 

 to fly, and is taken alive without much difficulty. 



A curious stuffed specimen of the Condor Vulture, 

 was lately preserved in the Leverian Museum, and after- 

 wards said to be sold to the Emperor of Austria; we have 

 no means therefore of comparing the measurement with the 

 living Specimen, although from recollection, the size seems 

 to have been much the same. 



Ih its captive state it seems to have lost a great deal of 

 its original fierceness, and to submit itself with a consider- 

 able gentleness of disposition to the different objects which 

 surround it. 



Birds of prey are said to have a greater longevity than 

 others, and in this respect the life of the Condor Vulture 

 is reported to coincide. The Golden Eagle has been said 

 to have lived upAvards of one hundred years, and Hawks 

 and Falcons for a much longer term. Their affection for 

 their young is very eminent, and at the times of hatching 

 they are fearless of man and every external danger. Their 

 nests are formed of sticks and dry grass, and are built upon 

 the tops of the most inaccessible cliffs, amidst barren moun- 

 tains, far from the peaceful and hospitable abodes of man, 

 and where they can undisturbedly indulge in all the gloomy 

 solitude of their nature. 



The Condor Vulture, which is at present in Mr. 

 Kendrick's Menagerie, Piccadilly, London, may be re- 



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