TURKEY BUZZARD. 
EW species, if any, have a wider distribution in America 
than the Turkey Buzzard. It is found more or less 
abundantly to the Saskatchewan throughout North America, 
from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast, and in all portions of 
South America as far south as the Strait of Magellan. Indi- 
viduals have been met with in Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 
wick, though these birds are generally not common north of 
Central New Jersey. From Eastern Maine, in the neighbor- 
hood of Calais, to Connecticut, specimens have occasionally 
been captured. Ina single instance, Mr. Lawrence observed 
a small company of nine at Rockaway, Long Island. West 
of the Alleghenies, from Central America nearly to the 
Arctic regions, it occurs more abundantly. Without ex- 
ception, it is found in greater or less numbers in all the 
Middle, Western, Sowthern and North-western States. From 
Lower California to Washington, along the Pacific, numer- 
ous parties attest to its common occurrence. The West 
Indies, the islands of Cuba, Jamaica and Trinidad, the last- 
named in particular, include it within their faune. Honduras 
and Guatemala, as well as the Falkland Islands, off the east- 
ern coast of Patagonia, are permanent residing-places. 
In Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where the writer has 
had abundant opportunities for studying the species, these 
Vultures summer quite plentifully. From their first appear- 
ance, in March, large numbers may be seen high up in the 
air, moving in large circles, apparently exploring the ground 
below for their favorite articles of food. In rural districts 
they are, however, more frequently observed than in the 
