Ams-OTATED List of Species 6 1 



i6o. Cathartes aura (Linn.). Turkey Vulture. 



Accidental from the south. The records are : Massachusetts^ 

 two taken, in 1863 ; ^ Waltham, one seen in August, 1867 ; - A}inis- 

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

 West Falmouth, a female was taken September 9, 1888;* Boston 

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

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

 India Marine Hall, Salem ; * Williamstown, one taken January 9, 

 189 1, by Alfred J. Rowell, and now in the collection of Mr. Wil- 

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

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

 H. Hosmer.' 



161. Circus hudsonius (Linn.). M.a.rsh Hawk. 

 A common summer resident, and spring and autumn migrant, 

 occurring rarely in winter. 



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



31). 



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 : "Xot uncommon summer resident; 

 most numerous in migrations." 



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



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



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



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



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



"Auk, Vol. VII, No. i, Apr., 1890, p. 204. Forest & Stream, Vol. XXXIV, 

 Apr. 24, 1890, p. 268. 



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

 separate. 



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



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



