New-York tribune., 1895-10-19
DANGEROUS BIRDS
r,,r GREAT LAMMERGEIERs OF THE ALP&

. am, ,r r,MMERGEIERs OF THE ALPA
From The London Spectator. .,.s .v =.
,rh. ONLY bird beside the albaross which may Us
accurately Included n tne rs. III Of Europe This
TO ia he femsm or bearded vuure few pa,s
OF which sdi heSe or yiture-eage" best describes
,he bird which the appetite ana ,S sGss s1rsnsth
Of wnEs e seas Wsch rom four
feet t'et ha,e t 70 Ave and half inches long Is mod
sied for seixing and bng Ike that ot gsson ,ne
lts powers OF iva Shysisai strength The
stomach OF one found to contain .ns ,Ss chan.
bone Of. 2, sGs sSs 'h's Quantity az bones
ss' sy na TSs the claws backsSsk Instances oi
al aessndIng their numerous and con
sdering the size OF the amnsrgs'eSI S;xsrs i,s on
set on the human bpsd srsWlhs up or e0wn saes
face OF precipice II woqld pc Ss sns s,rse 81 Gsris
climbed 70 an by ys ,ed anS Sv 'VGx ths
two young iammerseers wniTh S,l ns ne c,mb.s down
.hs precpcs There he %as attacked py 'ne ros o
birds who though S 'nes rocks w followed him for four
inE h',H 10 the village OF schwander .,. ,.,,,nsr-
Josepn puS S' Was Climbing the nest when the fe.
male few up and settled on MS sr,os bsokward
claws IN bs qeep Wings 70 drag him from the face Of
,Se rock The mans gun was oausr. "a a. =, His atti.
mot no, let was go ,or nS time that reversed promsnsu
The yuiture tearing his back s SreScament the
meal. meal o' managed TO SHIFT the POSITION OF his gun
nu"S, ,he nuzzle almost toncneu the pIedse "
20 uuaanncrreIer ua and cooked and nred ~ WIN us
cot Rut In these cases the Nulture was ,'s w,inS
t&oo,' & aesressor Unfortunately the cases In "nica
s ~ ~ Carried away young infants are not rare, ana
!, IL % ,yai authenticated number or these are men
,Inrsa nv Tschud the naturalist OF the tnaEs' IN
,hn anton OF lyri a woman was living IN 1907 WHO
, wv baan ca rried of by a ammergeier wnen paoyi
na' s 'tiurJwyi i'm the canton OF Appenzeii, chid
a, a. rarried OF In sight of its parents: 49,, -
o. the siberalp a yuture attacked Httle poy
ubo WAS watching sheep. seated on rock sno nso
,;ras 10 knock him the edge OF the Gun petoe
,ha IN ssenherds could drive thu bird way. Az Mur-
r ran above the Valley OF Iauterorunnen. vultu!o
carried an infant inaccessible ROCK oppvss..s ps.
rsd frock Law there fer some time. Anotnet cnasu
of two wears old. but very small ana ieev's, .ss
ins, when out with her sister. The remains VI .ne
Sody were afterward found on a rock' sepa,ae"
from that where the child Was ias. s.s" .,hsr vn
nrscipice; a vulture must have taken II tners sshe
Seaa or living But the most striiSns instance u
~. child-deyouring tendency or thtse, ouus %
cured in the Bernese Oberland chu1 OF .nsse
wears old called Anne Zurbuehth was 'sNs" .eu ~ ~
the high alp at haymakins time anu iei' IS'.sH
while the father fetched a load OF nay ne ,,.
another peasant, called Henri Michel was comnn3
a child cry Al the same time ne saw q .i.n.
~eicr r,se and sail away. Running up 70 the pissse
Re found the little girl unhurt except TOT wouhos
IN ths Arm and left hand where the bird nad cutcnso
hs%r - She mad lost her socks shoes. ana cap wniiss
HANG by bird. the distance traVersed
bsnS about three hundred and nfty YARDS INC
facts ware Ali entered In the parsh archNes OF tne
village OF Habkeren: and the girl, who uved 70 ps
an ola wons,n was always known as "Ge:er-AnnL"