^°qoJ^] General Notes. 67 



Black Vulture at Taunton, Mass. — I take pleasure in recording the 

 capture of an adult female Black Vulture {Catharista urubn) at Taunton, 

 Mass., on Oct. 5, 1902. This is the first record for the species in Bristol 

 County, and there are but very few records for the State. 



The bird was discovered sitting on the roof of a barn, where it remained 

 while its captor went to the house for his gun. — A. C. Bent, Taun/on., 

 Mass. 



Golden Eagle in Middle Southern Ohio.— To my only record of Aquila 

 chfysa'etos for middle southern Ohio as given in the ' Wilson Bulletin' 

 for September, 1902, page 83, 1 am now able to add another. On Nov. 15, 

 1902, I received an almost adult female in the flesh, shot Nov. 14^ two 

 miles from Waverly, Ohio. It measured: Extent, 2150 mm.; bill, 83 mm. 

 (curvature included); tarsus, no mm.; tail, 335 mm.; wing, 620 mm.; 

 length without bill, 820 mm. — W. F. Henninger, Tijiti, Ohio. 



Richardson's Merlin {Falco columbarius rtchardsonii) on the Coast of 

 South Carolina. — Upon looking over some Pigeon Hawks [F. columbarius) 

 that I had packed away for many years, I came across a superb female 

 that struck me at once as being none other than Richardson's Merlin. 

 Upon comparing the specimen with Mr. Ridgway's description in his 

 ' Manual of N. A. Birds' I found the bird to agree perfectly. The seconda- 

 ries, primaries and primary coverts are margined terminally with while. 

 The outer webs of the primaries (except the second) are spotted with 

 ochraceous. The tail has six light and five dark bands. The specimen is 

 apparently an adult female and was shot and prepared by the writer on 

 October 15, 1895, near Mount Pleasant, S. C. 



To what extent the list of South Carolina birds can be increased by the 

 capture of northwestern birds there can be no conjecture. — Arthur T. 

 Wayne, Mount Pleasant., S. C. 



The Barn Owl on Long Island. — When Mr. Beard made the record of 

 this species in 'The Auk,' Vol. XIX, p. 398, he evidently had overlooked 

 the previous record of the same family of owls in Vol. Ill, p. 439. — 

 William Dutcher, Nezv York. 



Barn Owl in Northern Ohio. — While the Barn Owl (Str/'x prattticola\ 

 is a fairly common bird in the State of Ohio south of Columbus, records 

 of this bird from northern Ohio are rather scarce (^cf. Oberholser, Birds of 

 Wayne Co., Ohio, p. 280). In a local collection here I found two mounted 

 specimens, not sexed, of this species, both killed in the fall of 1901 almost 

 within the city limits of Tiffin. One of these had been kept in captivity 

 for about six months by the coroner of Seneca County. A third speci- 

 men was seen at the time the others were captured. — W. F. Henninger, 

 Tiffin, Ohio. 



