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CATHARTIM: : AMERICAN VULTURES. 



Northford in the month of August.' Mr. Grinnell tells 

 me that one was shot at the mouth of the Housatonic 

 River, Conn., in June, 1875, by C. Merwin, of Milford 



FIG. 27. CALIFORNIAN VULTURE, to illustrate Cathartidas. 



Point. Turkey Buzzards have been observed at Say- 

 brook, Conn., by Mr. J. N. Clark, as recorded by Purdie 

 (Am. Nat., vii, 1873, p. 693) ; two were taken in Massa- 

 chusetts (Samuels, Cat. B. Mass., 1864, p. 3); and one 



