loud screech is heard withthe dashing of the surf When hovering in the air he will spy out his prey inthe valley below. Sometimes it is a lamb, or a sheep, or a mule that hasfallen dead on the mountains. True to his nature as a vulture, he will not reject dead prey, but he isequally glad of it even… … THE CONDOR. He fixes it, as it were, to the ground with his claws, and then rends anddevours it with his beak,c 34 STOJilES ABOUT BIRDS. Like the rest of his race, he is a great glutton, and will feed until he isunable to rise again into the air. He may then be approached, but rather atyour peril,…
Birds -- Juvenile literature
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