Show THE GREAT CONDOR despite its immense size and weight the condor possesses the power of rising in its flight to a greater distance above the earth than any other bird and derwin darwin speaks rapturously of iii grace of motion on the winz winer when the condors are wheeling in a fieck fl cb round and round any spot their flicht to Is beautiful except when rising irona from the ground grou tad 1 I do not ever to have seen one of these birds flap its wings near lima I 1 watched several for nearly halt half an buur falur without once taking off my eyes ye they moved in large curves sweeping in circles demanding and ascending without giving a single flap it is truly wonderful wonder tul and beautiful to see so rio great a bird hour after hour ut soy apparent exertion P wheeling and ana gliding over and river 01 0 1 humboldt claims that it oars to an altitude of at least twenty thousand feet above abote the sea from the cave of antisana Ant isana leans which Is at au an elevation of twelve thousand nine hundred and fifty eight feet above the pacific ocean be observed a condor rise perpendicularly to a still greater height of six elx thousand eight hundred and seventy six feet other authorities state that it reaches a height of six biz miles above the sea level which is about six times the height of the or denary clouds the bird from flying at this extreme elevation where the air must muse be so highly rarefied will drop suddenly tu to to the valley thus in the briefest time pawing passing through an almost incredible change of temperature at such a height the be air cells calls of tue condor when they have been filled in the lower re aton must be inflated in the most extraordinary tra manner but the great bird loves the heights they are his hie chosen home roomer alone drives him to the abe plain As soon as his bis bp ap petite I 1 is satiated be leaves them appearing to be oppressed by the higher temperature and increased weight of the atmosphere and returns return to regions far above the cloutie where the air is so rarefied that a man can hardly breathe high up as the eye can reach be may be seen been describing his bis graceful circles against the blue from this or even a more lofty point of vantage he be brings his telescope eyes to 40 bear upon the earth eagerly scan beau ning the movements of the herds tor for the fall of some come weakening member 0 the nook flock in spite of the keenness of a hunger sharpened by oue ocie who knows not how bow many days of watching upon the wing at that frigid altitude our condor begins his bis repast daintily tasting first the tongue and eyes his chosed lid bits but soon fired by the sight of the bountiful banquet death has spread pread for him he be tears teare the tough side and wildly with his bis beak pushing with his bis feet and flapping his bis wide wings wing gorges himself P gulping down great blis bits of flesh and ana riots briois without stint until he can hold bold no more fairly drunken with his bis revolting least he no longer has boa power to raise himself u an the wing knowing this the indians will often place a dead animal as aa a lure upon the plains when the birds have become gorged gored and add unable doable to fly the indians appear and aau noose cooee them with the lasac sport which they find fiad searce less leas exciting than we the spaniard does his bis bull fight exchange |