. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 1% NB8T8 AND EOGB OF ^^na, Mr. Walter Hoxle found the Black Vulture nesting under a dense growth of yucca. No attempt was made at forming a nest, or even excavating a hollow. The eggs are laid far in under the intertwining stems of the yucca and in the semi- shadows were quite hard .to be seen. Mr. Hoxle states that the parent birds have the habit of always following the same path in leaving and approaching the nesting place. By these paths, which were often winding, he was able to discover the eggs. Both sexes assist in incubation and tw
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 1% NB8T8 AND EOGB OF ^^na, Mr. Walter Hoxle found the Black Vulture nesting under a dense growth of yucca. No attempt was made at forming a nest, or even excavating a hollow. The eggs are laid far in under the intertwining stems of the yucca and in the semi- shadows were quite hard .to be seen. Mr. Hoxle states that the parent birds have the habit of always following the same path in leaving and approaching the nesting place. By these paths, which were often winding, he was able to discover the eggs. Both sexes assist in incubation and two eggs constitute the nest complement. Mr. Hoxie never observed a bird sitting on a single egg, and so far as he was able to determine the period of incubation is nearly thirty days; eggs were taken from May 2 to May 26. He states that Mr. Alfred Cuthbert took a set of three eggs in .â !26 Black Vulturk (From Brehni), The eggs are generally 'jroadly elliptical-ovate in shape and similar in color to- those of the Turkey Vulturfiâbluish-white, blotched and spotted with very dark brown 3,nd umberânot sfl (densely marked as those of Cathartes aura; average size Mr. Crandall's series of this bird's eggs consists of twenty-four sets, forty-eight eggs, mostly taken in Texas, some in Mexico, between February 28 and June 5. The iverage size of this series is inches. 327. SWALLOW-TAILED KITE. Elanoides forftcatus (Linn.) Geog. Dist.â Tropical and warm-temperate parts of continental America, north regularly up the Mississippi Valley to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, etc. Casually east to Pennsylvania ^nd Soutljern Ney Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Davie, Oliver; Davie, Oliver. Egg check list of North American birds. Philadelphia, D. McKay
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