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"How many kinds of vultures are there in America?" inquired Francois, whose mind ran more upon the present than the past; and who, as we have already hinted, was a great boy for birds. "There are five species well-known," replied Lucien; "and these are so different from each other that there is no difficulty in distinguishing them. These species form two genera Sarco ramphus and Cathartes.
Blakiston, 'Ibis, 1863, p. 125. For the Cathartes and Ardea, Audubon, 'Ornithological Biography, vol. ii. p. 51, and vol. iii. p. 89. On the White-throat, Macgillivray, 'History of British Birds, vol. ii. p. 354.
He is, more probably, a distinct species of cathartes; for, although he resembles the turkey-buzzard in shape and size, his plumage appears to me of a purer black, and the skin of his head, neck, and legs, of a much more vivid red having an appearance as if these parts had been painted.
Cathartes jota. Closely allied to the "turkey-buzzard" of the United States. Otaria Falklandica. There are several distinct species of "otary," or "fur-seal"; those of the Falkland Islands and Tierra del Fuego being different from the fur-seals of northern latitudes.
I think naturalists will yet discover, that besides the great Californian vulture, there are three if not four species of the smaller cathartes." So much for the vultures of America. Our young travellers had now arrived upon the great buffalo-path. Without halting, they turned their horses to the right, and followed the trail.
Catarrh, liability of Cebus Azarae to. Catarrhine monkeys. Caterpillars, bright colours of. Cathartes aura. Cathartes jota, love-gestures of the male. Catlin, G., correlation of colour and texture of hair in the Mandans; on the development of the beard among the North American Indians; on the great length of the hair in some North American tribes.
The Sarcoramphs have a fleshy protuberance over the beak hence the generic name, which is a compound of two Greek words, signifying flesh, and beak or bill. The Cathartes, or `purging-vultures, derive their name from a singular habit that of throwing up their food again, not only when feeding their young, but also when providing for one another during the period of incubation.
Audubon, J.J., on the pinioned goose; on the speculum of Mergus cucullatus; on the pugnacity of male birds; on courtship of Caprimulgus; on Tetrao cupido; on Ardea nycticorax; on Sturnella ludoviciana; on the vocal organs of Tetra cupido; on the drumming of the male Tetrao umbellus; on sounds produced by the nightjar; on Ardea herodias and Cathartes jota; on Mimus polyglottus; on display in male birds; on the spring change of colour in some finches; on migration of mocking thrushes; recognition of a dog by a turkey; selection of mate by female birds; on the turkey; on variation in the male scarlet tanager; on the musk-rat; on the habits of Pyranga aestiva; on local differences in the nests of the same species of birds; on the habits of woodpeckers; on Bombycilla carolinensis; on young females of Pyranga aestiva acquiring male characters; on the immature plumage of thrushes; on the immature plumage of birds; on birds breeding in immature plumage; on the growth of the crest and plume in the male Ardea ludoviciana; on the change of colour in some species of Ardea.
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