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ME. E. B. SHAEPE ON THE 



September. I saw one feeding on a dead horse at the western base of the 

 Rocky Mountains, a few miles south of where I determined the interna- 

 tional boundar}-, 49th parallel. Again I saw many Vultures in the northern 

 part of the State of Minnesota in the early part of the May following. 

 Several specimens are in the Smithsonian Institution just from near the 

 49th parallel." 



Common on the Rio Grande at Los Pinos, about 20 miles below Albu- 

 querque {Coues); abundant at Fort Whipple, Arizona, but migrating in 

 the latter part of October {Coues). 



Dr. Brewer (B. N. A. iii. p. 345) completes the range of the bn-d in 

 North America as follows : — " West of the Alleghanies it has a much less 

 restricted distribution, from Central America almost to the Arctic regions. 

 It is found more or less frequently in all the middle, the southern, west- 

 ern, and north-western States without an exception. It is met with in 

 large numbers throughout the entire Pacific coast of North America, from 

 Lower California to Washington territory. 



Vancouver's Island {Brown). 



Florida {G. C. Taylor). Matamoras, Texas {Dresser). 



Bahama Islands {Baird). 



Bermuda. Once in December {Baird). 



Central America. 



Mexico. Orizaba {Botteri). Very numerous in Western Mexico, and I 

 found it as far south as Tehuantepec and in the Tres Marias {Grayson, 

 cf. Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soc. ii. p. 303). 



Honduras. Common, usually seen in the outskirts of towns and in the 

 villages {G. C, Taylor). 



Guatemala. Not nearly so abundant as Catharistes atratus, frequenting 

 the uncultivated and forest districts ; a few may always be seen about the 

 Lake of Duenas {Salvin). 



Costa Rica. Much rarer than C. atratus, and only found far from human 

 habitations {Von Frantzius, J.f. 0. 1869, p. 370). 



Panama (M' Clelland) . 



West-India Islands. 



Jamaica. The scavenger in towns and villages {E. C. Taylor). 

 Cuba. Resident (Gundlach). 



N.B. — Dr. Gundlach discredits the occurrence of the species 

 iu Porto Eico {Mauge), and also in S. Domingo. 



South America. 



Columbia OcaJi^a. {Wyatt). 



Ecuador. I think it probable that the Turkey Vulture of these countries 

 will prove to be the true B,. aura ; but I have not seen a specimen. Fraser 

 obtained them at Puellaro, Pallatanga, and Babahoyo. It is to be noted 



