A Few Facts about the Turkey 
Buzzard. 
During the last 'two months I have been 
travelling through the Southern Atlantic 
States'; and being fortunate in having my 
own private car, I was better able to learn 
, the following facts about the Turkey Buzzard. 
For fear some may think me negligent in 
not giving the Latin name of this bird, I will 
freely confess that my knowledge of Ceesar’s 
langua;^ is confined to that gentleman’s first 
three books, and I do not think that the 
Turkey Buzzard is mentioned therein. 
The Buzzard is justly named the scaven- 
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