ANNOTATED LIST OF THE BIRDS 179 



wilder and wooded sections in the extreme northwestern sections of 

 Warren and Sussex Counties, and rare or uncommon in the sub- 

 urban section near New York City. 



ENGLEWOOD REGION. Rare summer resident, March 19, 

 1916 (W. C. Tucker) to October 10, 1915 (J. M. Johnson and 

 Rogers) and November 12, 1922 (Hix) ; a few winter records. 



TURKEY VULTURE (Cathartes aura septentrionalis) 



No bird has a more remarkable distribution in our area 

 than the Turkey Vulture, and I confess my total inability to 

 explain it. Moreover it is now known to be quite different 

 from what has been previously reported. In New Jersey it 

 was supposed to range north regularly to Sandy Hook, Plain- 

 field, and Princeton, and casually further north. As a matter 

 of fact it is a common summer resident in western and north- 

 western New Jersey right up to the New York State line, 

 especially along the Kittatinny Ridge. Here it undoubtedly 

 breeds, as I have flushed single birds in late May and early 

 June from the ground in thick, rocky woods, and it has been 

 found nesting near Boonton and Denville. The bird is 

 common in most of Warren, Sussex, and Passaic Counties, 

 and steadily decreases eastward and southeastward. East of 

 a north and south line running approximately through Plain- 

 field and Boonton it is an exceedingly rare bird until we get 

 south to Staten Island, where it reaches the coast. This 

 line of demarcation is quite sharply defined in places. At 

 Boonton Mr. Carter informs me that it occurs regularly six 

 miles west of the town, but he has never seen it further east. 

 Similarly at Plainfield Mr. Miller finds it is much rarer to the 

 east. On Long Island the bird is occasional in spring and 

 summer at the extreme western end, notably in Prospect 

 Park, Brooklyn, and also at the extreme eastern end in the 

 Orient Region. In the intervening area it is very rare or 

 unknown. In the rest of New York State in our area it is a 

 verv rare visitor. 



