. Our northern and eastern birds : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces; together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs . istwenty-two to twenty-four inches ; wing about fourteen. The maleis about twenty inches in length. A characteristic of this bird isthe extremely upright posture it assumes when perching. PsEtTDOGRYPHUS CALiFOENiANUS. California Condor, California Vul-ture.—This Vulture rivals in s
. Our northern and eastern birds : containing descriptions of the birds of the northern and eastern states and British provinces; together with a history of their habits, times of arrival and departure, their distribution, food, song, time of breeding, and a careful and accurate description of their nests and eggs . istwenty-two to twenty-four inches ; wing about fourteen. The maleis about twenty inches in length. A characteristic of this bird isthe extremely upright posture it assumes when perching. PsEtTDOGRYPHUS CALiFOENiANUS. California Condor, California Vul-ture.—This Vulture rivals in size the great Condor of South Amer-ica. Its habitat is the Pacific coast region, from the month of theColorado to the Columbia. It is not known in Mexico, but isconfined mostly to the warmer poitions of California. Dr. New-berry says that it was to him a pleasant portion of every days expe-rience, in his march through Sacramento Valley, to watch the gracefulevolutions of this Vulture. In its colors the combination was a jaleas-ing one, while its flight was easy and effortless beyond that of any otherbird. It jjossesses immense muscular powers. Dr. Heerman statesthat four of them dragged the body of a young grizzly bear, thatweighed over a hundied pounds, tlie distance of two hundred yards. Order, l^ptores. Fa/niUes Talcoiiida:ViolTuridas Mm Ictinia miLssissippiensisMississippi ISte Astur ati-icapllhiaGosliivwic
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