Appendix, 



1 1 . Ground-Dove ; Columbigallina passerina 

 pallescens (Baird). 



A diminutive species, about half the size of the 

 two preceding ones; soft brownish and bluish 

 above; forehead and under parts pinkish. 

 Occurring rarely or accidentally in southern 

 California. 



THE VULTURE FAMILY. 



Large birds of prey feeding on carrion, and with 

 featherless heads and necks. Soaring with 

 great ease and flight sustained. 



1 2. California Vulture ; California Cordor ; 

 Pseudogryphus californianus (Shaw). 



Of immense size; length about four feet. General 

 color black, or blackish brown; the wings edged 

 and tipped with grayish and white, and the 

 lining of the wings white. The skin of the 

 head and neck is yellowish or orange. Now 

 very rare and becoming extinct in most 

 localities, but still found in the mountains of 

 central and southern California. 



13. Turkey-Vulture; Turkey-Buzzard; Cathartes 

 aura (Linn.). 



Length about two and a half feet. General color 

 blackish, or brownish black; wing coverings 

 grayish. Head dull red. An abundant and 

 generally distributed species; migratory in the 

 north. 



KEY TO THE HAWKS, EAGLES, ETC. 



A. Under parts pure white (occasionally faintly 

 spotted with brown). 



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