North American Birds Eggs. 



153 



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on the Atlantic coast, Manitoba and 

 wintering in the southern 



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325. Turkey Vulture; Turkey Buzzard. 



Kange.— America, from New Jersey 

 British Columbia, south to southern South America 

 half of the United States. 



The plumage of this small 

 Buzzard (length 80 inches,) 

 is blackish brown, the naked 

 head being red. It is very _^^y . 



(■ommon in the southern and 

 central portions of its range, 

 where it frequents the streets 

 and door yards picking up 

 any refuse that is edible. It 

 is a very graceful bird while 

 on the wing, and can readily 

 be identified when at a dis- 

 tance from the fact that, when 

 in flight, the tips of the wings 

 <airve upward. The two eggs 

 which constitute a set are 

 laid upon the ground between 

 large rocks, in liollow stumps, 

 under logs, or between the 

 branching trunks of large 

 trees, generally in large 

 woods. They frequently nest 



in communities and again, only a single pair may lie found in the woods 

 nesting season ranges from March until June in the different localities, 

 eggs are creamy or bluish white, spotted and blotched witli shades of lirown, 

 and with fainter markings of lavender. Size 2.70 x 1.85. Data. 



[Crcaiuy white] 



Its 

 The 



Photo by N. W. Swayiie. 

 NEST AND EGGS OF TURKEY VULTURE. 



