Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!sri-spam!mordor!lll-tis!ames!oliveb!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!howard From: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) Newsgroups: sci.bio Subject: Re: buzzards vs. vultures Message-ID: <754@cpocd2.UUCP> Date: Thu, 25-Jun-87 13:00:06 EDT Article-I.D.: cpocd2.754 Posted: Thu Jun 25 13:00:06 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 27-Jun-87 04:14:52 EDT References: <773@gryphon.CTS.COM> <3760@sunybcs.UUCP> Reply-To: howard@cpocd2.UUCP (Howard A. Landman) Organization: Intel Corp. ASIC Systems Organization, Chandler AZ Lines: 13 In article <3760@sunybcs.UUCP> dmark@marvin.UUCP (David M. Mark) writes: >"Vulture" is used for large, carrion-eating birds, of genus Gyps > and others. (No North American birds of this group.) Isn't the California Condor a vulture? It's definitely a large (!) carrion-eating bird, and it's defintiely North American (though perhaps not for much longer :-( ). -- Howard A. Landman ...!{oliveb,...}!intelca!mipos3!cpocd2!howard howard%cpocd2%sc.intel.com@RELAY.CS.NET "Welcome to Fort Stinking Desert"