SYNOPSIS 
OF THE 
BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 
LAND BIRDS. 
ORDER I. — RAPACES, Temm. — BIRDS OF , PREY. 
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FAMILY L— VULTURINE. — VULTURES. 
GENUS CATHARTES, Illiger. — TURKEY-VULTURES. 
1. Cathartes Californianus, Lath. — Californian Vulture. 
Head, bare, and yellowish red ; plumage, brownish black; secondaries, 
‘ay, and, together with their coverts, tipped with white. Head of young, 
usky, and their plumage edged with light brown; secondary coverts, 
tipped witlt brownish white. Nests in the loftiest trees.” Eggs; two, 
nearly spherical, jet black. Length of female, 55 inches; of male, 50. 
Habitat, California. ‘ 
Cathartes Californianus, Bonap. Syn. p. 22. Nuttall;.i. 39. Aud. v. 240; Syn. 
p. 2, plate 426. . 
2. Cathartes Aura, Linn Turkey-Buzzard, Wilson, p. 660. 
Habitat, from New Jersey, south and west. throughout North America. 
Cathartes aura, Bonap. Syn. p. 22. Rich. & Swains. F. Bor. Amer. ii. 4. Muttall, 
i. 43. Aud. plate 151, 11.296 ; v. 339; Syn. p. 3. 
3. Cathartes atratus. — Black Vulture, Wilson, p. 667. 
Cathartes iota, Bonap. Syn. p. 23. Nutt. i.46. Aud. ii. 33; v. 345; plate 106. — 
Cathartes atratus, Rich. § Swain. ii. 6. Aud. Syn. p. 3. 
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FAMILY I. — FALCONIDA. 
GENUS FALCO, Linn.— HAWKS. 
SUBGENUS AQUILA, Briss. 
4, Falco Chrysaétos, Linn.— Golden Eagle, Wilson, p. 467. 
Habitat, from lat. 40° to the north. 
Falco fulvus, Bonap. Syn. p. 25. Nuttall, i. 62.— Falco Chrysaetos, Aud. ii. 464, — 
Aquila Chrysaetos, Rich. §& Swain. F.B. A. ii. 12. Aud. Syn, p. 9; plate 181, 
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