INCA DOVE
321. Scardafella inca. 8 in.
Tail long, with the outer feathers tipped with white, and shorter than the middle ones. Feathers mostly margined with brownish-black. The bases of the primaries are bright chestnut, and the whole underwing is of that color; bill black; eye and feet reddish.
Range.—Southern Texas, southern Arizona and southern New Mexico.
VULTURES, HAWKS AND OWLS—Order Raptores
AMERICAN VULTURES—Family Cathartidæ
TURKEY VULTURE OR BUZZARD
325. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. 30 in.
Head naked; red or carmine; bill dull whitish; eyes brown; feet pinkish. Plumage blackish-brown.
Nest.—Their two eggs are laid upon the ground, between rocks, under logs, or in hollow trees; they are whitish, handsomely blotched with brown.
Range.—Breeds from the Gulf north to New Jersey, Illinois, Minnesota and British Columbia.