DIRECTORY TO BIKDS OF KASTKRN ]S T ORTH AMERICA. 



b. Square-tailed Vultures. Fig. 187*. 



Catharista. 



Bill, long and slender ; nostrils, closed 

 by a flap of skin ; tail, short and square ; 

 breast, feathered. 



1. BLACK VULTURE, C. ATRATA. 

 26.00; black, including head; space on pri- 

 maries beneath, showing in flight, whitish, figs. 188, 188*. 

 N. C. to Fla. north to the lower Ohio Valley, west to the Great 

 Plains, south to Mexico, some of the West Indies and over 

 most of South America ; casual in N. E. andN. Y. Flight, by 

 alternate flapping and sailing with rapid wing-beats, some- 

 times ascends to a considerable height but moves in compar- 

 atively small circles. Food, largely decaying animal matter* 

 Rather more social than a, 1. 



s. HAWKS, EAGLES, Etc. 



JTaleones. 



Birds of varying sizes with strongly curved and hooked 

 bills; feet, with strong claws capable of grasping. Young, 

 covered with down when hatched but helpless and fed by 

 their parents. Females, larger than males. 



Fig. 188. Fig. 189. Fig. 190. 



R, A, b, 1. 1-12. S, A, b, 1. 1-8. 



A, a, 1. 1-8 



