. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. 116 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. dubon sucks the eggs and devours the young of herons and other birds ' I have never known them to disturb either the eggs or young of birds, but have observed that they subsist ahnost wholly on car- rion. The benefits which these scavengers render are too well known to need anv comment. i • i The following list, with names of observers, will give a very clear idea as to the distribution of the Tui-key Buzzard in Pennsylvania:. Ad
. Report on the birds of Pennsylvania : with special reference to the food habits, based on over four thousand stomach examinations. Birds. 116 BIRDS OF PENNSYLVANIA. dubon sucks the eggs and devours the young of herons and other birds ' I have never known them to disturb either the eggs or young of birds, but have observed that they subsist ahnost wholly on car- rion. The benefits which these scavengers render are too well known to need anv comment. i • i The following list, with names of observers, will give a very clear idea as to the distribution of the Tui-key Buzzard in Pennsylvania:. Adams. Bradford. Berks. Do Bucks Do Chester Clinton Cameron Delaware Dauphin Erie Franklin Fayette Juniata. Lehigh Do Lancaster. . Do. . • Do. . Do. Lebanon Do. .... LycominK Lawrence, . . McKean M()ntjjrris. M. M. MacMilliiiii. • . Dr. H. D. Moore. . Otto Belir Dr. W. Van Fleet. . H. li. Greenlund, . . Chas. H. Townsend. James S. Nease. . M. Compton M. T. Warrick Hon. G. C. Brown. George Miller Casper Loucks. . Resident: common in summer. Never saw one in northern Pennsylvania. Breeds; rare. Breeds In Blue mountains. Occasionally in ttocks: SeiU. and Oct. Decidedly rare. Resident; very common in summer Straggler. Straggler; saw one November. 1889. Resident; most numerous in summer. Resident. Never seen here. Saw several in December. 1889: breeds Breeds. Saw three in January. 1890. Breeds. Seldom seen Resident. Resident. Resident. Breeds. Breeds. Resident. Straggler: got two in spring. Saw one Octol)er. 1888. Never seen here. Breeds. Migrant. . , , looi Straggler: shot one >eptemi>er 1. 1884. Seldom seen. k-„-h Straggler, spring and summer: does not nreen Straggler. Seen in May. IS^wi; breeds. ( .'» Occasional visitor. Resident. Seen mostly during migrations. Straggler. Straggler: fall 188:1. Breeds. Straggler; seen in 18H4. Straggler. Not found here. ^, . _.,. Very rare, have seen several in an adjoining county Resident. .^ ,. Occasional; flock of ten seen S
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