. Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds . BIRDS OF PREY 201 a monkey-faced owl, never failed to strike at me with itsterrible claws, all the while uttering a diabolical asthmaticsound. The visitor to Charles-ton, South Carolina, willbe interested in the tur-key buzzards (Fig. 176),which are protected bylaw and are the scaven-gers of the city, eating allthe refuse thrown them,an altogether disgustingbird, yet valuable in warmcountries. Their sense ofsmell is wonderfullyacute. In Southern Cali-fornia dead or dying ani-mals can always be found by watch-ing the buzzards, which can detectseem
. Half hours with fishes, reptiles, and birds . BIRDS OF PREY 201 a monkey-faced owl, never failed to strike at me with itsterrible claws, all the while uttering a diabolical asthmaticsound. The visitor to Charles-ton, South Carolina, willbe interested in the tur-key buzzards (Fig. 176),which are protected bylaw and are the scaven-gers of the city, eating allthe refuse thrown them,an altogether disgustingbird, yet valuable in warmcountries. Their sense ofsmell is wonderfullyacute. In Southern Cali-fornia dead or dying ani-mals can always be found by watch-ing the buzzards, which can detectseemingly the slightest evil South American con-dor (Fig. 177) is the larg-est of all flying birds,specimens having beenseen, according to Byam,with a spread of wing offifteen feet. This splen-did bird makes its homein the Andes, and is oftenseen high in air over theFig. Buzzard. loftiest peaks. It doubt-. Fig. 175. —Claws of Hawks.
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