BIRDS OF DURHAM AND VICINITY. 
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Pavoncella pugnax. Ruff. 260. 
The Ruff is a European sandpiper that has been found at various 
points along our New England coast. Its appearance nearest this 
locality, so far as I know, has been at Newburyport marshes, where a 
female was killed. May 20, 1871. (Brewster, American Naturalist, 
1872, p. 306.) 
Numenius borealis. Eskimo Curlew. 266. 
This curlew is quite certain to be taken now and then during the 
migrating seasons. It is an abundant breeder in Laborador, but its 
route to and from appears to lie to the eastward of our shore. A 
northeast storm in September is likely to drive more or less of them 
ashore. 
Heematopus palliatus. American Oyster-catcher. 286. 
A rare bird this side of New Jersey, yet it has been taken as far 
north as the Bay of Fundy. 
Order RAPTORES. 
Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. 325. 
The Turkey Vulture has been recorded from Maine, Vermont and 
Massachusetts, and is likely to be taken here sooner or later. 
Blanoides forficatus. Swallow-tailed Kite. 327. 
The Swallow-tailed Kite has been observed several times in Massa- 
chusetts, and at least once in New Hampshire, at Franklin, where one 
was seen in 1875, George Stolworthy of that town. 
Buteo swainsoni. Swainson's Hawk. 342. 
Swainson's Hawk is not a resident this side of the Ohio river, but 
it has been found in Maine and Massachusetts, and hence of course is 
a possibility here. 
Aquila chrysaetos. Golden Eagle. 349. 
The Golden Eagle is a rarity, even in the mountainous, unsettled 
parts of this state, and here it is not m.ore than an unlooked for pos- 
sibility. 
