His gaze was fixed intently on a certain dark speck in the heavens. Suddenly he exclaimed, extending his arm, and keeping it motionless, as if petrified: "There! there! look!" All eyes turned immediately in the direction indicated so imperiously. The dark speck was increasing visibly. It was evidently some bird hovering above them. "A condor," said Paganel. "Yes, a condor," replied Glenarvan.英文原著 · 《In Search of the Castaways》
Clatsop Indians, some account Of, 248. Clearwater River, 183. Cloudburst, 116. Columbia River, discovery Of, 4; portage to, 108; at the headwaters of, 148; at the entrance to, 194; great falls of, 202; the great chute Of, 215 et seq. Comowol, a Columbia River Indian chief, 239. Condor, a California variety, 256. Council Bluffs, 19. Cowas, an edible root, 278.英文原著 · 《First Across the Continent》
"Who knows? He is coming down-- he is gradually getting lower! Let us wait." Paganel was not mistaken, it was assuredly a condor. This magnificent bird is the king of the Southern Andes, and was formerly worshiped by the Incas. It attains an extraordinary development in those regions. Its strength is prodigious. It has frequently driven oxen over the edge of precipices down into the depths of abysses. It seizes sheep, and kids, and young calves, browsing on the plains, and carries them off to inaccessible heights.英文原著 · 《In Search of the Castaways》
In addition to the common species of birds, insects, and animals, there are many groups that have special attraction for children. For instance, among the "Birds we read about" are the flamingo, cassowary, condor, and quetzal; the eagle owl is contrasted with the pygmy owl, and the peacock, lyre bird, albatross, swan, and pelican are displayed.英文原著 · 《Library Work with Children》
[40] Euhemerism has done its best with this bird, representing it as an immense vulture or condor or as a reminiscence of the extinct dodo. But a Chinese myth, cited by Klaproth, well preserves its true character when it describes it as "a bird which in flying obscures the sun, and of whose quills are made water-tuns." See Nouveau Journal Asiatique, Tom. The big bird in the Norse tale of the "Blue Belt" belongs to the same species.英文原著 · 《Myths and Myth-Makers》