792 BULLETIN UNITED STATES . GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. [Vol V. 



1871. Caton, J. D. Turkey Buzzard [Cathartes aura]. < Am. Xat., iv, 1871. p. 762. 



Note on sense of smell in Cathartes aura. 

 1871. Ortox. J. Ou the Condors [Catliartidte] aud Hunmiiug-liirds uf the Equa- 

 torial Audes. < Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 4tli ser., viii, 1871, pp. 185-192. 



1871. Ortox, J. The Vultures [Cathartidse] and Humming Birds of Tropical Amer- 

 ica. < Canad. Kat. ^ Quart. Journ., n. s., v, 1871, pp. 357-3G0. 

 See Amer. Nat, v, Oct., 1871, pp. 619-626. 



1873. Catox, J. D. Sense of Smell in the Turkey Buzzard [Cathartes aura]. < Am. 

 Sportsman, iii, 1873, p. 87. 



1873. Lyxch, W. F. a Condor Hunt. < Am. Sjjortsman, ii, 1873, p. 58. 



1873. Sharpe, R. B. On a New Species of Turkey Vulture fiom the Falkland Islands, 



and a New Genus of Old World Vultures. < Jnn. Mag. Nat. Hist., 4th ser., 

 xi, Feb., 1873, pp. . 



Xot seen. 



Catharista falUandicas, p. 133 ; Pseiidogyps, g. n., p. 133. 



1874. Cope, E. D. Annual Report | upon the | Geographical Explorations and Sur- 



veys West of the | one hundredth meridian, | in California, Nevada, | Utah, 

 Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, | Wyoming, aud Montana, | by George M. 

 Wheeler, | first lieutenant of Engineers, U. S. A. ; | being | Appendix FF | of 

 the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1874. | — | Washington : | 

 Government Printing Office. | 1674. 8vo. pp. 130, map. 



Report of E. D. Cope, pp. 115-130. — Only omitliological in describing Cathartes v.mbrosuf, 

 n. sp. foss., p. 130. (The species may prove to belong to some other group of Raptores.) 



1874. COUES, E. The CaUfomian Vulture [Cathartes californianus]. -^ Am. Sports- 



man, iv, 1874, J). 160. 

 Mainly quoted from account of Alex. S. Taylor, San Francisco Eeralti, May 5, 1859. 



1875. Axon. Several mooted questions. < i^ore-sf an(7 6'frea/n, iv, Feb. 11, 1875, p. 5. 



Cathartes aura in Vermont. 

 1875. Anox. Eggs and Nest of the Condor [Sarcorharaphus grj-phus]. <^Odlogist, i, 



1875, p. 66. 

 1875. Eagle, C.H. Buzzards [Cathartidfe] in Maine. <^ Forest and Stream, in, 3&tx. 



14, 1875, p. 357. 

 1875. Gurnet, J. H. [With reference to remarks on the races of the Condor, Ibis, 



1875, p. 91.] < Ihis, 3d ser., v, 1875, pp. 269, 270. 



1875. Hadfield, H. Instinct of Birds : Olfactory Power of the Viiltures. < Zoolo- 

 gist, 2d ser., x, Mar., 1875, pp. 4373-4376. 



On the question of the comparative power of the senses of sight and smeU, the former being 

 considered the one most employed in the search for food. 



1875. Moses, J. T. C. Turkey Buzzards [Cathartes aura at Grand Menan Isl., Maine]. 



< Forest and Stream, v, Aug. 26, 1875, p. 36. 



1876. Slerlixg, E. Queer fish, skunk and buzzards. <^Rod and Gun,\\\, Mar. 4, 



1876, p. 3,59. 



Account of tame Cathartes aura. 



1877. [Coues, E.] Birds. < The Mirror (Baltimore, Md.), June 1, 1877. 



Editorial extracts from the "Birds of the Northwest", relating to certain North American 

 Falconidce and Cathartidce. 



1877. [Coles, E.] Birds. < The Mirror (Baltimore, Md.), July 1, 1877, p. 4. 



Editorial extracts from the "Birds of the Northwest", relating to certain Cathartidce. 



1877. [Coues, E.] Birds. < The Mirror (Baltimore, Md.), Aug. 1, 1877, pp. 4, 5. 



Biography of Cathartes aura, from "Birds of the Northwest". 

 1877. Laxgdox, F. W. Occurrence of the Black Vulture or Carrion Crow [Cathartes 

 atratus] in Ohio. < Bull Xutt. Ornith. Club, ii. No. 4, Oct., 1877, p. 109. 



Onlv record of such occurrence since Audubon's. 



