RARTORES: Birps orf Prey: 
Famity XXVIII. CATHARTIDA. AmeERIcAN VULTURES 
CXVIII. PSEUDOGRYPHUS Ripeway. 1874. 
324, California Vulture. 
Pseudogryphus californianus (SHAW) Ripew. 1874. 
A rare visitant at the mouth of the Fraser River, B.C., appar- 
ently attracted by the dead salmon. 
In September 1880 I saw two of these birds at Burrard Inlet. 
(frannin.) This species was said by David Douglas to be a com- 
mon species as far north as the goth parallel in 1826. At that time 
it was extremely abundant in the valley of the Columbia between 
the Grand Rapids and the Pacific. (Azchardson.) Seen on Lulu 
Island (in the Fraser River near its mouth) as late as “three or 
four years ago” by Mr. W. London. None seen since 18g2. 
(Rhoads.) On the toth September, 1896, I saw between Calgary 
and the Rocky Mountains two fine specimens of the California 
Vulture. (/. Fannin in The Auk, Vol. XIV, p. 89.) As the speci- 
mens were not collected I am inclined to doubt the occurrence of 
this species so far east. 
CXIX. CATHARTES ILticer. I81t. 
325. Turkey Buzzard. 
Cathartes aura (LINN.) SPIx. 1825. 
One specimen recorded as taken in New Brunswick by Mr. 
~ Boardman. (Chamberlain.) About 1oth January,1884,some farmers 
in the neighbourhood of Nequac, an Acadian village on the 
northern shore of Miramichi Bay, New Brunswick, observed what 
they took to be a stray turkey feeding almost daily around their 
houses and farm yards. The imposture was discovered when it 
was found feeding on a dead sheep, and it was killed on the 29th 
of the same month. Towards the middle of September, 1886, I 
was astonished to learn that another Turkey Buzzard had been 
captured by Mr. David Savoy of Black Brook, about 20 miles from 
Nequac in a direct line. I am also informed bya gentleman who 
saw the bird after it was killed that a Turkey Buzzard was shot 
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