Burns, on Walter J. Hoxie. G7 



WALTER J. KOXIE. • 



BY FRANK L. BURNS. 



The accompanying photos were taksn near Port Royal, 

 S. C, ^lay 10, liiOl, "a red letter clay" Walter J. Koxie called 

 it. ]\[r. Hoxie has written that he had net given up ornithology 



Young Black Vultures {Catharista atrata). By \V. J. Hoxie. 



but ornithology had given him up when it became a question 

 of bread and butter. As a taxidermist, he failed to settle 

 down in any place ; in fact, could not get altogether suited as 

 to locality. I do not knew whether he is living at this date. He 

 "began just before the 'GO's." and kept up a pretty steady 

 correspondence with Prof. Baird and Dr. Coues. A Yankee 



