BIRDS OF PREY. ORDER RAPTORES
AMERICAN VULTURES. FAMILY CATHARTIDÆ
TURKEY VULTURE
Cathartes aura septentrionalis. [Case 3], Fig. 9
Head red, plumage with a brownish cast. Young birds have the head covered with brownish down. L. 30.
Range. Most of the Western Hemisphere in several subspecies; in the eastern states north to northern New Jersey and, locally, southern New York. Migrating south from the northern part of its range.
Washington, abundant P.R. Ossining, A.V. Cambridge, casual, two records. N. Ohio, tolerably common S.R., Mch. 5-Oct. 30. SE. Minn., common S.R., Apl. 27.
The 'Turkey Buzzard' has a wider wing-stretch and is a better aviator than the Black Vulture. It is more a bird of the country than the last-named species which is the common Vulture of the streets in many southern cities. Extremely graceful in the air, it is far from pleasing when at rest. The two dull white, brown-marked eggs are laid on the ground under logs, in crevices in rocks, etc., in March in Florida, in April in Virginia.
BLACK VULTURE
Catharista urubu urubu. [Case 3], Fig. 10