42 BIRDS OF NELSON COUNTY. 



Suborder CATHARTIDES : American Vultures. 



Family CATHARTID^. 



Genus Cathartes. 



140. *Catbartes aura (Linn.). Turkey Buzzard. 



A common permanent resident, most abundant in sum- 

 mer. 



Genus Catharista. 



1^1. Catbaristaatrata (Wilson). Black Vulture. Carrion 

 Crow. 

 An uncommon summer resident. 



Order COLUMB-ffi : Columbine Birds. 



Suborder PERISTER-ffi. 



Family COLUMBID.aE : Pigeons and Doves. 



Genus Ectopistes. 



142. Ectopistes migratoria CLm}^.). Passenger Pigeon. "Wild 

 Pigeon. 

 Excessively common during some falls, but not nearly as 

 abundant as formerly. There was an enormous flight of 

 them here about fifteen years ago. The following extract 

 from Alexander Wilson's account of this species in his 

 "American Ornithology," published about the year 1810, 

 will doubtless prove interesting : ' ' Not far from Shelby- 

 ville, in the State of Kentucky, about five years ago, there 

 was one of these breeding places, which stretched through 

 the woods in nearly a north and south direction, and was 

 several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards oi 



