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Wliile smaller birds take alarm quickly at the siglit of a hawk, 

 they are not disturbed by the presence of these vultures. M. P. Skin- 

 ner thus writes of a black vulture in a roost among the sandhills 

 of North Carolina : "They never bothered small birds — wood ducks, 

 blackbirds, meadowlarks and myrtle warblers among others — who 

 seemed to know this and to be able to recognize the vulture readily. 

 They showed no alarm at the vultures sailing over them, although 

 quick to dive out of sight when even a small hawk appeared." 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — The Southeastern United States, Central and South 

 America; casual in the West Indies, the Northern and Western 

 States, and southeastern Canada. Not regularly migratory. 



The normal range of the black vulture extends north to south- 

 eastern Kansas (Chetopa) ; Missouri (Ozark Mountains and the 

 vicinity of St. Louis) ; southern Illinois (Anna and Mount Carmel) ; 

 Indiana (Annapolis and Brookville) ; Ohio (Hocking County) ; 

 eastern Kentucky (Lexington) ; and eastern Virginia (opposite 

 Plummers Island, Md.). East to Virginia (opposite Plummers 

 Island, Md., probably Nev/port News, and Suffolk) ; North Carolina 

 (Ealeigh and probably Fort Macon) ; South Carolina (Oakley 

 Depot) ; Georgia (Savannah, Blackbeard Island, Mcintosh, and 

 St. Marys) ; Florida (Gainesville, Orange Lake, Fruitland Park, 

 Titusville, Kissimmee Prairie, Big Cypress Swamp, and Koyal Palm 

 Park) ; southeastern Mexico (Chichen-Itza, Yucatan, and the terri- 

 tory of Quintana Koo) ; British Guiana (Georgetown) ; French 

 Guiana (Cayenne) ; eastern Brazil (Counani River, Para, Capim 

 River, Cantagallo, Rio de Janeiro, and Taquara) ; Paraguay (Puerto 

 Pinasco, Concepcion, and Asuncion) ; and Argentina (Formosa, Las 

 Palmas, Resistencia, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, and Rio Negro). 

 South to Argentina (Rio Negro, Cordoba, Mendoza, and Tunuyan) ; 

 and Chile (Ancud). West to Chile (Ancud, Valdivia, Concepcion, 

 Santiago, Valparaiso, and Coquimbo) ; Peru (lea and Callao) ; Ecua- 

 dor (Babahoyo, Riobamba, and Quito) ; Colombia (Honda and 

 Antioquia) ; Panama (Ancon and Culebra) ; Costa Rica (La Palma, 

 San Jose, Juan Vinas, and Miravalles) ; Nicaragua (Escondido 

 River) ; Guatemala; Tepic (Acaponeta River) ; Sinaloa (Mazatlan) ; 

 Sonora (Guaymas and Tonichi) ; western Texas (San Angelo, Fort 

 Worth, Decatur, and Gainesville) ; Oklahoma (Caddo, Limestone 

 Gap, and Tulsa) ; and southeastern Kansas (Chetopa). 



The range as above outlined is for the entire species, the typical 

 race, G. a. atratus^ occupying the northern regions south to Mexico 

 and Central America, while the South American bird is known as 

 Coragyys a. foetens. 



