ZOOLOGICAL 
SOCIETY 
BULLETIN. 663 
YOUNG TURKEY VULTURES. 
Bred in Morris County, New Jersey. 
known in Boston and elsewhere that a zoological 
park, or zoological garden, is a public institu- 
tion of large size and more or less dignity; but 
a “zoo” is a small, cheap and usually smelly af- 
fair, with little scientific standing, or none at 
all, and is the identical kind of an affair that the 
good people of Boston assuredly do not wish to 
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see developed in their midst. 
BREEDING OF TURKEY VULTURES, 
MORRIS COUNTY, NEW JERSEY. 
HE gradual but steady intrusion of a num- 
ber of species of austral birds into the avi- 
fauna of more northern districts, is a phe- 
nomenon that is greatly interesting American 
The car- 
dinal and the mockingbird are no longer rare 
ornithologists at the present time. 
stragglers in the vicinity of New York; the 
and the 
been recorded in the note-book of many an en- 
Previous to 1909, there 
were but two records of the occurrence of the 
Florida gallinule at Ithaca, N. Y., but in that 
year no less than three pairs of these birds nest- 
ed near the lake.* 
Carolina wren tufted titmouse have 
thusiastic observer. 
‘Wright and Allen, The Auk, Vol. XXVIII, No. I, 
p. 65. 
Since so many of the smaller birds appear to 
be extending their summer habitats, it is not re- 
markable that some of the larger forms should 
do likewise. Because of its large size and con- 
spicuous sailing, the turkey vulture could not 
long escape notice, and it must now be added to 
the list of summer visitors near New York. 
The mention of the turkey vulture always 
The 
come north of 
brings to mind: a warm, sunny climate. 
birds have for years very rarely 
southern New Jersey. During the past few 
years, however, turkey vultures have increased 
in the northern portion of that state. At Mor- 
ristown and Bernardsville, they were very com- 
mon in the summer of 1909. Perhaps the most 
interesting fact concerning the northern exten- 
sion of the range of this species, is the record- 
ing of the breeding of the turkey vulture in 
Morris County, New Jersey, at a point midway 
Boonton and Butler, on the estate of 
Mr. Morris Kinney, who has kindly furnished 
between 
the following data: 
The nest was discovered about June first, an 
old fox den, high up on a rocky cliff, having 
been pressed into service. The nest proper was 
at the end of a rather lengthy passage and lit- 
tle could be seen of it. It was found, however, 
to contain two birds, 
hatched. 
young very recently 
They were covered with pure white 
