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cbobee region, Florida— Fred. A. Ober. iii., 23, 357— One specimei? 

 taken at Calais, Maine— George A. Boardman (authority). Quotiu"- 

 from Appendix to Samuel's " Birds of New England"— C. H. Eaglet 

 viii., 15, 224 — A specimen captured near Monroe, Mich. — "Archer" 

 (G. A. Stockwell). xi., 13, 2.59— Account of their habits in Florida- 

 Florida Star. 



«. 'iithartes aura. Turkey Vulture, ii., 11, 162— Seen everywhere in the 

 Lake Okeechobee region, Florida— Fred. A. Ober. iii., 21, 324— One 

 caught in a steel trap in Cumberland County, Maine— "Roamer" 

 (Everett Smith), iii., 23, 357— One taken at Calais, Maine— George 

 A. Boardman (authority). Quoting from Samuel's "Birds of New 

 England"— C. H. Eagle, iv., 1, 5— One shot where Eutaw, Green 

 County, Vermont, now stands, v., 3, 36— Three were seen on the 

 island of Grand Menan in April, 1875, and one of them was shot— J . 

 T. C. Moses, vi., 17, 263— Breeds near Lake Minnetonka, Mimi.— 

 Franklin Benner. vi., 22, 354— Accidental at Ann Arbor, Mich.; one 

 taken September 21, 1874— A. B. Covert, vi., 26. 418— Arrived at 

 Lebanon, 111., April 4, 1876— Wm. L. Jones, viji., 13, 193— Is found 

 on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, in large numbers from May 24 to 

 October 30 ; breeds — Chas. E. McChesuey. viii., 15, 224 — Found in 

 Michigan— " Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xi., 13, 259— Account of 

 their habits in Florida — Florida Star. 



Cathartes califoruianus. California Vulture, vii., 25, 389 — Taken in 



Southeastern Wyoming, May 13, 1875 — A. G. Brackett. 

 Cedar Bird. See Ampelis cedrorum. 



Centrooercus iirophasiaiius. Sage Cock, i., 10, 147— Found in Colorado 

 — H. A. C. i., 13, 196 — Habits of the sage cock as observed in the 

 Uintah Mountains, Wyoming, in October — "Ornis" (Geo. Bird Grin- 

 nell). i., 19, 289 — Being limited to one geographical province, no 

 climatic races occur — Robert Ridgway. ii., 5, 66 — Notes on the Sage 

 Cock as observed in the Rocky Mountains. If the intestines are drawii 

 as soon as killed the flesh does not taste bitter ; does not believe they 

 migrate — "Veteran" (Byron Reed), ii., 9, 140 — Found abundant 

 near Denver City, Colorado — John Krider. iv., 17, 261 — Abundant 

 in Nevada, feeding mostly on the black sage brush ; if dressed as soon 

 as taken, they are aboiit as good as the prairie chicken — Rev. H. Chase. 

 v., 17, 260— Geo. Bird Grinnell found this bird rare in the Black Hills 

 in 1874 — Ernest Imrersoll. vii., 13, 196 — Quite common on the sur- 

 rounding plains near the Big Horn Mountains, Wyoming — W. L. Car- 

 penter, vii., 26, 404 — Noticed in Southeastern AVyoming, September 

 11. 1875 — A. G. Brackett. viii., 24, 407 — Extended notes on the spe- 

 cies as observed near Rawlins, Wyoming— Ernest Ingersoll. xi., 22, 

 440 — Their flesh is good if they are drawn as soon as killed — W. N. 

 B.(yers). xii., 5, 85 — Asserts that their flesh is good — " Transit." xii, 

 5^ 85— Their flesh is poor— "Incog" (M. Grinnell). xii., 16, 307— 

 Discussing the merits of the bird as an article of food ; rather favoring 

 it — W. N. B.(yers). xii., 16, 307 — An editorial note giving an opposite 

 opinion, xii., 19, 365 — Common; nest of ten nearly-hatched eggs, 

 May 20, 1878, in open brush ; males in flocks by themselves, except in 

 April, near Como, Wyoming— S. W. Williston. 



Centiirus earolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker, ii., 11, 162 — Numerous ; 

 the most abundant species of the family in the Lake Okeechobee 

 region, Florida — Fred. A. Ober. vi., 5. 67 — Found at Keunet Square, 

 Penn., in October, 1871— C. F. P. vi., 10, 148— Common in wnter 

 and not rare in summer at Fort Wayne, Ind. — G.Aug. Smith, vi., 



22, 354r— Resident, but very rare at Ann Arbor, Mich.; eggs are laid 

 about June 1 — A. B. Covert, vii.. 3, 36 — An irregular visitor in Cen- 

 tral N. Y. A few passed through in the spring of 1867 ; on April 



23, 1875. secured a female — H. G. Fowler, viii., 11, 160— One taken 

 in Central New York, November 7, 1C76 ; have never seen but two 



