Vultures and Osprey 



324. California Vulture {Gymnogyps californianus) . 

 L. 44-55; Ex. 8 1-2 to nearly 11 feet. (Ridgw.) Ads. 

 Head and neck orange, blue, and red, unfeathered; 

 feathers around neck and on underparts narrow and 

 stiffened; greater wing-coverts tipped with white; 

 under wing-coverts white. 



Range. — "Coast ranges of southern California from Monterey Bay. 

 south to Lower California and east to Arizona" (Bailey). Recorded 

 from Burrard Inlet, British Columbia (Fannin). 



325. Turkey Vulture; Turkey Buzzard (Cathartes 

 aura). L. 30; T. 11. Ads. Head and neck red un- 

 feathered; brownish black; no white in plumage; bill 

 whitish. Notes. A low hissing sound when disturbed. 



Range. — Western Hemisphere from central and northeast New 

 Jersey, central Illinois, northern Minnesota, the Saskatchewan region 

 and British Columbia, south to Patagonia: winters from southern 

 New Jersey, southern Illinois and southern California southward. 



326, Black Vulture; Carrion Crow {Catharista 

 urubu). L. 24. T. 8. Ads. Head and neck unfeath- 

 ered, black, plumage black; under surface of wings silvery. 

 A >tes. A low grunting sound when disturbed. 



Range. — Tropical America, north, as a resident to North Carolina, 

 southern Illinois and southern Kansas: west to the Plains, south to 

 northern South America, strays as far north as Maine and South Da- 

 kota. 



364. American Osprey; Fish Hawk (Pandion halia- 

 etus carolinensis) . L. 23. Nape white; feet large; no 

 bars on primaries. Ad. <$. Below white with few or 

 no spots on breast. Ad. 9. Similar, but breast with 

 numerous grayish brown spots and streaks. Notes. 

 Loud, plaintive, whistles. 



Range. — America; breeds from Florida. Texas and Lower California, 

 north to Labrador, Great Slave Lake and northern Alaska; winters 

 from South Carolina and Lower Mississippi Valley to northern South 

 America. 



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