Occurrence of a Second Specimen of Swainson’s Buzzard ( Buteo 
swainsoni) in Massachusetts. — The claim of the above-named species 
to be regarded as a bird of New England has hitherto rested solely upon 
a specimen in melanistic plumage (formerly specifically separated as B. in- 
signatus, Cassin) shot a few years since at Salem, Mass., and now in the 
museum of the Peabody Academy. 
It is with much pleasure that I can now announce the capture of 
a second individual at Wayland, Mass., on or about September 12, 
1876. Through the kindness of Mr. Arthur Smith of Brookline, to whom 
it was originally sent in the flesh, this bird has recently come into my pos- 
session. It is a young male in nearly perfect autumnal dress, and, though 
not typically melanistic, it still inclines strongly towards that condition. 
— William Brewster, Cambridge, Mass. 
Bull. N. O.O. 3, Jan.. 1878 . p, 3*?. 
