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VULTURES, HAWKS AND OWLS Order Raptores 

 AMERICAN VULTURES Family Cathartidae 



TURKEY VULTURE OR BUZZARD 

 325. Cathartes aura septentrionalis. 30 in. 



Head naked; red or carmine: bill dull whitish; eyes 

 brown; feet pinkish. Plumage blackish-brown. 



Nest. Their two eggs are laid upon the ground, be- 

 tween rocks, under logs, or in hollow trees; they are 

 whitish, handsomely blotched with brown. 



Range. Breeds from the Gulf north to New Jersey, 

 Illinois, Minnesota and British Columbia. 



BLACK VULTURE 

 326. Catharista urubu. 24 in. 



Entire plumage, including the naked head, black; 

 feet and tip of bill yellowish. Under surface of the 

 wings white, making it very easy to identify. 



Nest. Two eggs, greenish-white, blotched with brown- 

 ish. (3.00x2.00). 



Range. Resident north to North Carolina, southern 

 Illinois and Kansas. 



