The Tropical World Aspects of man and nature in the equatorial regions of the globe.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
TROPICAL BIRDS OF PREY.
The Condor--His Marvellous Flight--His Cowardice--Various Modes of Capturing Condors--Ancient Fables circulated about them--Comparison of the Condor with the Albatross--The Carrion Vultures--The King of the Vultures--Domestication of the Urubu--Its Extraordinary Memory--The Harpy Eagle-- Examples of his Ferocity--The Oricou--The Bacha--His Cruelty to the Klipdachs--The Fishing Eagle of Africa--The Musical Sparrow-hawk--The Secretary Eagle 376