AVES. 95 



COLUMBAE. 



COLUMBIDAE. 



181. STARNOENAS CYANOCEPHALA (Linne") Bonaparte. 

 Blue -headed quail-dove. 



Columba cyanocephala Linne*, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, 

 p. 163. "AMERICA." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 5, 

 p. 23, pi. 284. 



Thickets and woods; nests among vines. 



MASS. One taken at Brookline, Oct. 10, 1870, probably an 

 escape. 



RAPTORES. SARCORHAMPHI. 



CATHARTIDAE. 



182. CATHARTES AURA SEPTENTRIONALIS (Wied) Nelson. 

 Turkey vulture ; Turkey buzzard. 



Cathartes septentrionalis Wied, Reise Nord- America, 1839, 

 vol. 1, p. 162. Locality elsewhere given as NEAR NEW HARMONY, 

 INDIANA. 



Cathartes aura Linne*. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1840, vol. 1, 

 p. 15, pi. 2. Egg, Bendire, 1892, vol. 1, pi. 4, figs. 1, 3. 



Open country; nests on ground in shallow caves or in hollow logs. 



ME. Accidental visitor at all seasons (eight records). 

 N. H. Accidental visitor: Hampton Falls, April 1882; North 

 Weare, spring 1887. 



VT. Accidental visitor: Eutaw. 



MASS. Occasional visitor at all seasons. 



R. I. Occasional visitor; four records. May 10-Nov. 



CONN. Occasional (mainly summer) visitor. April 20-Oct. 18. 



183. CATHARISTA URUBU (Vieillot) Vieillot. 



Black vulture; Black-headed buzzard; Carrion crow; Jim 

 crow. 



Vultur urubu Vieill., Hist. nat. ois. Amer. Sept., 1807, vol. 1, 



