FAMILY CATHARTID^. AMERICAN VULTURES. 



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Section 2. Wing, over 17 inches long. 



General plumage, brownish black or dark brown; bill, whitish; the adult has 

 the head without feathers, the skin being red ; immature birds have the head 



feathered. 



Turkey Buzzard. 

 Turkey Vulture. 



Cathartes aura. 

 See No. 259. 



