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SAME- Black Vulture A.O.U.BO. -3?6 



( Catharista uruba urub&) 

 DATE- April 23, 1933 



NO . - 2 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



SIZES- 2.98 x 2. OP 

 3.06 x 2.04 



SITUATION- This set of eggs was obtained on 

 the same day that I found the eggs of a Turkey 

 Vulture . The nest was located in a rock cavity 

 near the top of Stone Mt. about four miles 

 from Big Stone Gap, Va. Although these birds 

 are rather rare in that part of the state, m I 

 identified this bird positively as a Black 

 Vulture since we caught the female on the nest. 



The cavity in the rocks was approx. 

 6 T wide, 10' long and 4 T high. The^-e were no 

 nesting materials at all - the eggs we e laid 

 -on the ba-; e ground at the end of the cavity. 

 The eggs of this set are among the prettiest 

 bird eggs I have eve: 1 seen. 



** (Goragyps atratus) A.O.U. Checklist 1983 



