TURKEY VULTURE. 5 
particiilarly previous to a thunder storm. Their 
"ini's are not spread horizontally, hut form a slight 
with the body upwards, the tips having an np- 
ni'd curve. Tlieir sense of smelling is astonishingly 
®*'[uisite, and they never foil to discover carrion, even 
"'hen at the distance of several miles from it. When 
nee they have found a carcass, if not molested, they 
not leave the place until the whole is devoured, 
t such times they eat so immoderately, that frequently 
’ii'y are incapable of rising, and may be caught n ithont 
neh difficulty; hut few that are acquainted with them 
i ^ I ^nve the temerity to undertake the task. A man 
" the state of Delaware, a few years since, observing 
line turkey buzzards regaling themselves upon the 
linniass of a horse, which was in a highly putrid state, 
!^nnceiv(.q desi^u of making a captive ot one, to take 
‘nine for the amusmnent of liis cliildron. lie cautiously 
®l*P''oachcd, and, springing upon the iinsuspiiaous gi'oup, 
a tine plump fellow ill his arms, and was bearing 
.. nia prize in triumph ; when, lo! the indignant vulture 
isgorged sucli a torrent of tilth in the face of our hero, 
'“It it produced all the effects of the most iiowerful 
“letic, and for over cured him of his iuclinatloii for 
’^’‘"key buzzards. . ... 
^ t-’n the continent of America this species inhabits a 
w®t range of territory, being common,* it is said, from 
“"R Scotia to Terra did Fuego.']' How tar to the 
lorthvvard of Nortli Califoruiat they are found we 
la tbe nortbcrn states of our union, the turkey Inizznvil Is only 
“'“aaonally seen ; it is c.insidcred a care bird by the mbabitants. 
rin ' nnmhor.'i of a spocies of vulture, coiniurmly caJlerl car- 
crow bv the sailors, {vnltur awne.) wore seen uiiou tins i^slaud, 
bSrr'ii’* ne,u- Cane Horn, lat. .bb S. (,7 W.) and pro- 
wv 'y feed on ymmg seal wliicb e.tlier die m the birth, nr 
turW^ take an onpnrtnnity b. seize upnn.’ C«ik calls them 
^i'ieybu„.„j^_ Forster’s Vvyat/c, ii, p. 516, 4to. (..mdon, 1777. 
'VereTi'’'‘F’y “"“Piet ‘hat tbe sailors were correct, anil that these 
'black vultures, or carrion crows. 
X r^UV*,... ... • • ^ 1 . .11 . .. \.1nr.1... liratlt.klV>A ^ V, nT . Im 
vultures, or carrion crows. 
, 1 1'erouse saw a bird, which he calls the black vulture, probably 
'• 203 Monterey Bay, North California. Vmjayc, ii. 
