. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. 222 Unexplored Spain does the parent vulture incubate, that she allows herself to be completely buried on her nest beneath the drifting snow. On these hanging steeps the eyries are overlooked from above, yet not a vestige of the sitting vulture can be seen until she is disturbed by a blow from an axe on the trunk, or by a shot fired —then off she goes, dislodging a cloud of snow from her three- yard wings as she launches into space.. BLACK VULTURE ( Vultitr monachns) The black vulture lays but one huge egg, often boldly marked and suftused with dar
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. Unexplored Spain. Hunting; Natural history. 222 Unexplored Spain does the parent vulture incubate, that she allows herself to be completely buried on her nest beneath the drifting snow. On these hanging steeps the eyries are overlooked from above, yet not a vestige of the sitting vulture can be seen until she is disturbed by a blow from an axe on the trunk, or by a shot fired —then off she goes, dislodging a cloud of snow from her three- yard wings as she launches into space.. BLACK VULTURE ( Vultitr monachns) The black vulture lays but one huge egg, often boldly marked and suftused with dark-brown and rusty blotches and splashes, in contrast with the eggs of the griffon vulture, which are usually colourless or, at most, but faintly shaded. The latter, so abundant in Andalucia, is remarkably scarce in Gredos, where we saw rather more eao-les than vultures. The chief bird-forms of the high sierra were ravens and choughs, ring- ouzels, rock-thrush and black-chat {Dromolaea leucura). The alpine accentor {Accentor coUcoris) and alpine pipit {Anthus. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. Chapman, Abel, 1851-1929; Buck, Walter John. joint author. London, E. Arnold