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feathers picked from her own body.' This latter assertion may be an unwarranted 

 conclusion. There was but the one egg, incubation, 'about one week.' " The speci- 

 men figured in Maj. Bendire's work measures 114x65 mm., or 4.49x2.56 inches. Th% 

 color is described as a light grayish-green, unspotted. Another egg of this Condor 

 was taken in the same region described by Mr. Taylor. It was secured by the well- 

 known collector, Mr. 0. W. Howard, and an assistant for Mr. A. M. Shields, of Lob 

 Angeles. It was found in a cave of a lofty precipice. Rope and tackle were lisfed 

 to reach the entrance. The egg was laid on the bare "ground in a saucer-shaped de- 

 pression. It was taken April 25, 1895, and is now in the cabinet of G. Freen Mor- 

 com, of Chicago. It measures 4.42x2.65 inches. Another egg was taken from a cave 

 Jn the same region about the same time. From the facts at hand, it appears that 

 the California Condor lays but a single egg. 



325. TURKEY VULTtJBE. Cathartes aura (Linn.) Geog. Dist.— Temperate 

 America from New Jersey, Ohio, Valley, Washington and Saskatchewan region, 

 southward to Patagonia, and the Falkland Islanfls. 



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38B. Turkey Vulture (From Brenm). 



The common Turkey Buzzard inhabits the United States and adjoining Brltleb 

 Provinces from the Atlantic to the PaciiSc, south through Central and most of South 

 America, and is resident north to about 40°. Every farmer knows it to be an In- 



