Chapter VI 



NESTS IN HOLES IN TREES, STUMPS, OR 



LOGS 



325. 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. 



326. 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: Faico peregrlnus anatum (Bonap.) 



Eggs creamy white or light reddish brown, with dark and 

 light chocolate and reddish brown blotches. 



See Page 81, Chapter V. 



357. 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 $, — Upper parts chestnut red or rufous ; lower part of back 

 barred ; head bluish ; a black patch beneath eye, and another 



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