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even strayed as far to the north as Calais, Maine, where 

 it was captured by Mr. G. A. Boardman (recorded by 

 Prof. A. E. Verrill, Pr. Bost. Soc, ix, 1862, p. 122) : Dr. 

 Wood tells me one was seen, feeding on carrion, near 

 East Windsor, Conn., only three years ago (1874). The 

 Rev. J. Howard Hand writes me as follows, concerning 

 the occurrence of Turkey Buzzards in Connecticut : ' I 

 took one specimen at Cromwell, Conn., Sept. 23d, 1874; 

 also one at Westbrook, Conn., Oct. i6th, 1875, ^^^ 

 again, eight specimens on Oct. i8th (two days after- 

 wards). They are not common.' Dr. Wm. O. Ayres 

 writes me that he took one at New Haven in 1853." 

 (B. Conn. 1877, p. 91.) 



The columns of Forest and Stream contain several 

 notices of New England occurrences. Mr. Everett 

 Smith notes the capture of a specimen in a steel trap 

 at Cumberland, Maine (iii, No. 21, p. 324). One was 

 shot where Eutaw, Greene County, Vt., now stands 

 (iv. No. I, p. 5). Three were seen on the island of 

 Grand Menan, in April, 1875, and one of them was 

 shot (J. T. C. Moses, v, No. 3, p. 36). 



Mr. Maynard speaks of one seen at Waltham, Mass., 

 in August, 1867 (Nat. Guide, 1870, p. 137) ; and Mr. 

 Purdie's manuscript makes us aware of two later Massa- 

 chusetts instances. 



CARRION CROW. 



Catharista ATRATA {Bavtv) Less. 



Chars. Blackish ; quilLs very pale, almost whitish, on the under 

 surface ; head dusky ; bill and feet grayish-yellow. Skin of head 

 as in the last species, but plumage running up the back of neck 



