Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1908-01-17 | Page 2 | Bearded Vultures

bearded vultures vulture la in the london zoological socie tys c astern aviary there Is now living a splendid example of 0 the lammergeyer lammer Keyer geyer or bearded vulture this species Gyp actus har harbatuk batus resembles the eagle in having the head covered with feat feathers bers it Is a distinctly handsome bird and being without the bald head of the alie typical vultures lacks their re look in its habits and mode of life it the true vultures turps except perhaps that it la Is rather more dainty in its ian tastes stories have been told tob ot children carried off by the but they are highly im probable la in some nome countries it to Is called by a name meaning bone breaker from its habit ot of carrying bones up in the air and dropping them from a great height in order to kot got at the wardow it inhabits the mountainous ref clona of southern eu en rope and its range extends through asia minor and the himalayas to china