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NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CONDOR. 



represent slender grasses. To fix them on the branches and the stand 

 a coat of strong glue, gum, or paste is used, and the same sprinkled 

 over them. To imitate a stone or rock, we generally use grey paste- 

 board soaked in water with a little paste, and left to dry after giving 

 the picturesque form which taste dictates ; it is cemented with glue, 

 and sprinkled with very fine sand of an appropriate colour. In a word, 

 we employ sand and also dried coffee grounds in the same way to 

 imitate the ground. 



Specimen of a cabinet picture of the common eagle (Halicettis albicilla, Savigny) having just 

 captured a hare. 



NATURAL HISTORY OF THE CONDOR. 



BY BARON HUMBOLDT.* 



Among birds of prey, as among insects, the female is generally 

 larger than the male. In the condor, however, this difference is not 

 very perceptible, though the size varies somewhat in individuals of 



Translated from " Observations Zoo'ogiques,'" by Jacob Dixon, Esq. 



