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Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Banta, Nathaniel Moore, 1867- Schneider, Albert, 1863- Higley, William Kerr, 1860-1908 Abbott, Gerard Alan
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: Chicago, American Audobon association
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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e-looking at near sight, though dis-tant flight is graceful. Our American vultures are capableof prolonged flight without any apparent movement of thewings. This seems like a violation of the laws of gravity,but in their majestic soaring I have watched them ascendingor descending, while moving in great circles, without onceflapping the wings. The birds are much more numerous inthe South from Florida and South Carolina west to NewMexico. They are protected in all the Southern States, and it isnot an unusual sight to see small groups of both turkey andblack vultures feeding in the public streets, where theyexhibit no more fear than our domesticated pigeons. Dr.George F. Gaumer, of Central America, informs us thatthe killing in immense numbers of certain herons, gulls, andother scavengers has resulted in an increase of human mor-tality among the inhabitants of the coast. This tends toshow how certain birds assist in keeping the beaches andpublic highways free from decaying animal matter.
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J^^ CQ BIRDS OF PREY 181 Many farmers claim that hog cholera and other animaldiseases are carried by these scavengers, so they are inclinedto kill them. In the North dead animals are now generallyburned or buried, so that these birds do not now range sofar north as formerly. The turkey vulture is not an uncommon summer residentin Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. It is found along the IllinoisRiver, in the vicinity of Starved Rock. According to thelatitude, one or usually two eggs are laid from ^March toJune. Small cavities or crevices in the rocks, hollow logs,and hollows in trees are used as nesting sites. Practicallyno nest is constructed. The eggs, deposited on the barerocks or leaves, are white or greenish-white, blotched andsplashed with shades of purple and red. THE AMERICAN VULTURES* Of the eight species of American Vultures, the BlackVulture and the Turkey Buzzard are the best kno>vn. Theyfrequent both North and South America, the black speciesranging from North Carolina and th

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