Chapter VI 
NESTS IN HOLES IN TREES, STUMPS, OR 
LOGS 
825. Turkey Vulture; Turkey Buzzard: Cathartes aura 
(Linn.) 
Eggs yellowish or grayish white, splashed with chocolate 
and black, chiefly at the larger end. 
See Page 57, Chapter II. 
826. Black Vulture: Catharista atrata (Bartr,) 
Eggs grayish or bluish white, more or less blotched and 
spotted with dark brown. 
See Page 58, Chapter II. 
356. Duck Hawk: Falco peregrinus anatum (Bonap.) 
Eggs creamy white or light reddish brown, with dark and 
light chocolate and reddish brown blotches. 
See Page 81, Chapter V. 
8357. Pigeon Hawk: Falco columbarius Linn. 
Eggs light cinnamon or creamy white, blotched, spotted, and 
clouded with chestnut and brown. 
See Page 82, Chapter V. 
360. American Sparrow Hawk: Falco sparverius Linn. 
Adult 6—Upper parts chestnut red or rufous ; lower part of back 
barred ; head bluish ; a black patch beneath eye, and another 
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