EVENING GROSBEAK.Cocothraustes vespertina.

Range—Interior of North America, from Manitoba northward; southeastward in winter to the upper Mississippi Valley and casually to the northern Atlantic States.

Nest—Of small twigs, lined with bark, hair, or rootlets, placed within twenty feet of the ground.

Eggs—Three or four; greenish, blotched with pale brown.


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TURKEY VULTURE.Catharista Atrata.

Range—Temperate America, from New Jersey southward to Patagonia.

Nest—In hollow stump or log, or on ground beneath bushes or palmettos.

Eggs—One to three; dull white, spotted and blotched with chocolate marking.