Vultures and Osprey 



324. California Vulture iGymmg^vJ^s californianus) . 

 L. 44-55; Ex. 8 1-2 to nearly 11 feet. (Ridgw.) Ads. 

 Head and neck orange, blue, and red, unfeathered; 

 feathers around neck tind on underparts narrow and 

 Stiffened; greater wing-coverts tipped with white; 

 tindif wing- coverts white. 



Ruiige. — -"CiKisl rau^e^ <>( fiuulherii Call foni lit from Monterey Bfiy, 

 south lo Luwet Califotnla and casi lo Ariiuiia" iBiiilsy). Recorded 

 from Butrutd Inlet, Dtltliih CalumLila (FannlnJ. 



325, Turkey Vulture; Turkey Buzzard {Caihartes 

 aura). L. 30; T. 11. Ads. Head and neck red un- 

 feathered; brownish black; no white in plumage; bill 

 whitish, hlotes. A low hissing sound when disturbed. 



Range —We^it^m Hpmlsphere from centriit and northeast New 

 Jersey, renlral I 111 mis, northern MInnesntii. the S.iskntchewnn region 

 and British r.olumhia. snulh to P.itaeoni.i; winters from southern 

 New Jersey, southern Illinois and southern Cnllfornla southward. 



326. Black Vulture; Carrion Crow {Cathanthi 

 urubu). L. 24. T. 8. Ads. Head and neck unfeatii- 

 crcd, black, plumage black; under sitrjace of wings iihi-n: 

 NoUs. A low grunting sound when disturbed. 



Range. — Tropical America, north, as a resident to North Carolina, 

 snulliern llllnuls and southern Kansas; west to the Plains, souih to 

 iiurtlierij Suutli Ajui^rlca, atriiy^ as far jiortli as Maine and South Da- 

 kota. 



364. American Osprey; Fisii Hawk (Pandion balia- 

 etus Caroline lists) . L. 2j. Nape white; feet large; no 

 bars on primaries. Ad. c?. Below white with few or 

 no spots on breast. Ad. ?. Similar, but breast with 

 numcroua grayish brown spots and streaks. Notes 

 Loud, plaintive, whistles. 



Range. — America; breeds from Florida, Texas and Lower California, 

 north 10 Labrador, Great Slave Lake and norlhern Al.iska; winters 

 from Soutli Caivllna and Luwer Mlsilsslppl Valley to northern South 

 America. 



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