. The royal natural history. not range from the level ofthe sea to ele\ ations of six-teen thousand leet In le-gard to their liabits whenon the wing, Mr Win mperwrites that on tlie lewoccasions vipon which wew^ere approached by condoisin a menacing manner, webecame aware of their pre-sence from their shadow^sbeing cast upon us by a nearly vertical sun. They never came near when the sun was concealed, andif they hovered in our neighbourhood they always kept the sun at their cannot be their invariable habit in a country where the sun is so often in-visible, though possibly it is adopt
. The royal natural history. not range from the level ofthe sea to ele\ ations of six-teen thousand leet In le-gard to their liabits whenon the wing, Mr Win mperwrites that on tlie lewoccasions vipon which wew^ere approached by condoisin a menacing manner, webecame aware of their pre-sence from their shadow^sbeing cast upon us by a nearly vertical sun. They never came near when the sun was concealed, andif they hovered in our neighbourhood they always kept the sun at their cannot be their invariable habit in a country where the sun is so often in-visible, though possibly it is adopted wdienever there is a chance, and the motiveis obvious. The objects to be attacked are dazzled by the suns rays, while the CONDOltS FLOCKING TO A DEAD ULAXACO. 268 DIURNAL BIRDS OF PRE Y. assailants are enabled to inspect their brilliantly-lighted intended victims at theirease, whose eyes are picked out at the earliest opportunity, and are thus renderedcompletely defenceless. The herdsmen on Autisana had lifelong familiari
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