ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES 6 1 



160. Cathartes aura (Linn. ) TURKEY VULTURE. 



Accidental from the south. The records are : Massachusetts, 

 two taken, in 1863 ; l Waltham, one seen in August, 1867 ; 2 Annis- 

 qitam, a bird in young plumage was shot on September 14, 1886 ;3 

 West Falnwuth, a female was taken September 9, i888; 4 Boston 

 Harbour, Thompson's Island, a female taken May 30, 1889 ; 5 Essex, 

 one taken November 16, 1889, and now in the collection of East 

 India Marine Hall, Salem; 6 Williams town, one taken January 9, 

 1891, by Alfred J. Rowell, and now in the collection of Mr. Wil- 

 liam Brewster ; 7 Weston, one taken alive early in April, 1893 ; 8 

 Somervilk, three were seen on September 25, 1898, by Mr. F. 

 H. Hosmer. 9 



161. Circus hudsonius (Linn.). MARSH HAWK. 

 A common summer resident, and spring and autumn migrant, 

 occurring rarely in winter. 



(January, February) March 15 to November 19 (December 



Amherst : "Common summer resident." Berkshire: "Not rare 

 summer resident in the low country." Bristol County: "Common 

 summer resident, more common migrant and recorded in winter." 

 Brookline : "Not uncommon migrant, and rare summer resident." 

 Cambridge: Common transient visitant ; a few breed. Cohasset : " Com- 

 mon resident." Dedham : " Common." Essex County : " Summer 

 visitant. Common." Ipswich: " Common summer resident." Martha's 

 Vineyard: Common summer resident. Springfield: "Common spring 

 and autumn visitor." Rare summer resident. Templeton : "Common 

 during the summer." Wellesley : "Not uncommon summer resident; 

 most numerous in migrations." 



1 Samuels ; Agric. Mass. Sec'y's Report, 1863, p. xviii, p. 3 of- separate. 

 2 Maynard; Nat. Guide, 1870, p. 137. 



3 White ; O. & O., Vol. XI, No. 10, Oct., 1886, p. 157. 



4 Mason ; Auk, Vol. VI, No. i, Jan., 1888, p. 78. 



5 O. & O., Vol. XIV, No. 6, June, 1889, p. 95. 



6 Auk, Vol. VII, No. 2, Apr., 1890, p. 204. Forest & Stream, Vol. XXXIV, 

 Apr. 24, 1890, p. 268. 



7 Faxon & Hoffmann ; Birds of Berkshire, 1900, pp. 144, 145, pp. 38, 39,'of 

 separate. 



8 White ; Auk, Vol. XI, No. 3, July, 1894, p. 250. 

 9 Mackay ; Auk, Vol. XVI, No. 2, Apr., 1899, p. 181. 



