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NORTH A.MEHICAN BIRDS. 



I'litirc I'iicilic foust nf Xovth America, from Lower California to Wushiiif^tou 

 Territory, ^fr. J )ontila.s saw vast mimliers of tiiis si)eeies in Canada, near 

 Sandwicli and Lake St. Ouir, durinj; their breeding-season. Dr. IJicliardsnii 

 .speaks of their ha^inij; lusher summer iniyratictiu: in the interior of the conti- 

 nent tiiau on tlie Pacific coast, finilinfj; it along tiic haidvs of the Saskatciie- 

 wan, ill latitude o.V, lute in tlie montli of June. Mr. Say met with them 

 in latitude o!)", and Lewis and Clarke noticed them near the Tails of tlie 

 Cohimliia liiver, in latitude 48". Mr. lUakiston states that an individual 

 was .shot at tiie l!ed JJiver Settlement as early as Ajiril 1*7, while the winter's 

 snow was still covering the ground to the dejjth ol' a foot and the rivers wei'e 

 ice-hound. He also observed it at Fort Carlton, in latitude 5:5°, on the 7th 

 of ^fay, and again, on tiie 2d of Seiitember, in latitude 49'. 



'Mv. T. U. Jackson, of West Chester, I'a., informs me that this Vulture has 



been known to breed at rarkerslmrg, liftceii miles west of the former ]tlace, 

 in tiie summer of 1870, and that they also breed rather ])lentifully on the 

 banks of tlie Su.S(|uehanna, laying tlanr eggs, two in number, in caves among 

 the rocks, as early as tlic loth of Ajiril, and that some remain in that 

 vicinity nil winter. 



Dr. Coo])er mentions theirgreat abundance (hiring tlie siiinmer in all parts 

 of "Wasiiington Territory, freipienting tlie vicinity of ]H'airies and river-lianks, 

 but never appearing along the coast. They arrive at l*iiget Sound about 

 the middle of May, and undoubtedly breed in the Territory. Dr. Suckley 



