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seen at different times at Edmonton, Alta., in May, 1897, by W. 

 Spreadborough. One was seen at Banff in 1891, and they were 

 seen in numbers at Deer Park on the Columbia river in June, 1 890 ; 

 a few observed at Vernon, B.C., in July, 1889. (Macoun.) A few 

 seen sailing over the timber on Skull creek, Sask., June 5th, 1905, 

 and June 25th, 1906. (A. C. Bent.) Distributed throughout British 

 Columbia, but nowhere common, though in September, 1887, I saw 

 about a dozen together at the mouth of Harrison river. (Fannin.) 

 One seen at Nanaimo, July nth, 1893, ^^d in the autumn of 1889 

 about a dozen at Victoria, Vancouver island; saw two at Elko, B.C., 

 May 2nd, 1904; one at Sidley, B.C., May 15th, 1905, and found it 

 common on Lake Okanagan, B.C., in 1903; in June, 1901, eight 

 were seen at Chilliwack, B.C., and one in 1906. (Spreadborough.) 

 Fannin, on page 34 of the catalogue of the museum at Victoria, 

 B.C., describes two vultures in the park at Beacon hill. He has 

 since written me that they proved to be this species. 



Breeding Notes. — I never saw the turkey vulture in Manitoba, 

 but have often seen it in Saskatchewan, where it breeds. A set 

 of two eggs in my collection was taken near Moose Jaw, Sask., 

 May 12th, 1897. I also found it breeding at Rush lake in May, 

 1893. It lays two eggs on the ground, usually on the sloping bank 

 of a stream. (W. Raine.) Nest on the ground or in a hollow log 

 or stump. (Mcllwraith.) 



CXLII. CATHARISTA Vieillot. 1816. 

 326. Black Vulture. 



C atharista tirubu ViEiLJ.. 181 7. 



About half a dozen specimens taken near St. Stephen, N.B., by 

 Mr. Boardman. (Chamberlain.) A black vulture was shot at Pug- 

 wash, Cumberland county, N.S., on Jan. 12th, 1896, and was brought 

 to Halifax where I identified it. (Harry Piers in The Auk, Vol. 

 XV, 1896.) On the 28th October last a black vulture was killed 

 on the beach at Beauport, about six miles from Quebec; the bird 

 was flying towards carrion. This is, I believe, the first record of a 

 bird of this species being found so far north. It was an adult male. 

 (C. E. Dionne in The Auk, Vol. XV, 53.) 

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