220 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA. 
five years ago in the vicinity of Kingston, Kent Co. (Philip Cox, 
Jr.,in The Auk, Vol. 1V. 205.) The Bishop of Moosonee informed 
me that a specimen was taken at Moose Factory, on James Bay, in 
June, 1898, by one of his men. (/. . Fleming.) As far as I am 
aware this species has been observed only in the southwestern 
part of the province of Ontario; Mr. Wagstaff writes that he has 
frequently seen it in Essex Co. and once at Baptiste Creek, some 
years since. (W/c/wraith.) Mr. John Sullivan of Kerwood, Lamb- 
ton Co., has found the nest of this bird, and as it is common in 
the three western counties it doubtless breeds in fairnumbers. I 
once saw Ig individuals in a single field at Forest, Ont. (W. E. 
Saunders.) In Upper Canada near Sandwich and Lake St. Clair, 
in 1823, | saw vast numbers of C. aura (Turkey Buzzards) and had 
every opportunity of watching their habits. (David Douglas.) 
The above extract taken from Richardson’s Fauna Borealt will 
show the change that has taken place since then. 
A tolerably common summer resident in many parts of the 
prairie region extending from Winnipeg, Man., to the Rocky 
Mountains. Thompson-Seton in his“ Birds of Manitoba” says that 
it breeds near Qu’Appelle, and as others have seen it in pairs it 
doubtless breeds in other localities. In May, 1895, the writer 
found it breeding near Home’s Ranch at the mouth of Old Wives’ 
Creek in Eastern Assiniboia. In June of the same year a few 
pairs were seen in the Cypress Hills at Farewell Creek, and 
occasional birds were noticed at Medicine Hat, Crane Lake, at 
West Butte and along the Milk River; three were 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 1890; a few observed at 
Vernon, B. C., in July, 1889. (Macoun.) 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 11th, 1893, and in 
the autumn of 1889 about a dozen at Victoria, Vancouver Island ; 
in June, 1901, eight were seen at Chilliwack, B.C. (.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 developed into this species. 
BREEDING Notes.—I never saw the Turkey Vulture in Mani- 
toba, but have often seen it in Assiniboia where it breeds. A set 
