ORNITHOLOGY. 
Cathartes Aura —lig. 
Turkey Buzzard. 
SS HIS bird I have found on many of my ex- 
AU) cursions in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Del- 
* aware and Virginia, and as far west as Iowa. 
I have never met with them farther north than 
Pennsylvania. I have found it breeding in New 
Jersey, Delaware, Virginia and Iowa. Its nest 
is made of old rotten stumps and logs at all times, 
and I have never found more than two eggs in 
a nest. The nest is made of rotten wood and 
dry leaves, and I have sometimes found but one 
egg, and several times have found but one young 
bird in the nest. I have seen more than two 
hundred of these birds at once on the body of a 
dead horse, and in less than thirty minutes there 
was nothing left but the bones. Specimens of 
both birds and eggs are in my collection. 
It is common in all of the above States. 
