TURKEY BUZZARD . — Catharista Aura. 
The Turkey Buzzard, or Carrion Vulture, is another American bird, and 
is very useful in eating animals which are found dead and dying, or which are 
killed by hunters, and left on the ground after the hunters have finished their 
meal. Its name of Turkey Buzzard is earned from the strange resemblance 
which a Carrion Vulture bears to a turkey, as it walks slowly and with a dignified 
air, stretching its long bare neck, and exhibiting the fleshy appendages which 
bear some likeness to the wattles of the turkey. This bird is chiefly found in 
North America. 
