_Cathartes aura septentrionalis. Case 3, Fig. 9_
Head red, plumage with a brownish cast. Young
birds have the head covered with brownish down. L.
30.
_Range._ Most of the Western Hemisphere in several
subspecies; in the eastern states north to
northern New Jersey and, locally, southern New
York. Migrating south from the northern part of
its range.
Washington, abundant P.R. Ossining, A.V.
Cambridge, casual, two records. N. Ohio, tolerably
common S.R., Mch. 5-Oct. 30. SE. Minn., common
S.R., Apl. 27.
The 'Turkey Buzzard' has a wider wing-stretch and is a better aviator
than the Black Vulture. It is more a bird of the country than the
last-named species which is the common Vulture of the streets in many
southern cities. Extremely graceful in the air, it is far from pleasing
when at rest. The two dull white, brown-marked eggs are laid on the
ground under logs, in crevices in rocks, etc., in March in Florida, in
April in Virginia.