Oeiieral Notes. 
Turkey Vulture in Eastern Massachusetts. — Mr. II. W. Page of 
Boston called my attention some time ago to a Turkey Buzzard {Cat/iar- 
tes aura) which was taken in Weston, Massachusetts, early in April, 
1893, and I visited the bird April 5, 1894. Mr. Samuel Smith, who has a 
farm in the western part of the town of Weston (about fourteen miles 
west of Boston), shot the bird there, merely breaking its wing. He has 
kept the bird ever since out of doors in a netting cage about five feet 
square with a box to retire to, having one side open ; he has fed the 
Vulture on raw fish, raw beef, muskrats, etc., and the bird appeared to 
me to be in verj^ good condition, except for the general condition of its 
plumage and the fact that the broken wing set in such a way that it is 
held at an unnatural angle, slightly elevated. — Francis Beach White, 
Cambridge, Mass- iSX* Jxily* 1894 p# 250 
The “bald eagle” shot by H. A, Rowell 
of Williamstowu last December proves to 
I be a turkey buzzard and has been stalled 
fey Taxidermist Joseph' iSirimes. These 
birds are very rarely seen so far north in 
|i winter. 
The Turkey Vulture in Western Massachusetts. — A young Turkey 
Vulture (Cat/iartes aura) was captured by Walter Stanley in Becket, a 
town in Massachusetts, thirty-five miles west of Springfield, June 8, 1905. 
The bird was observed in a field eating a dead lamb, and was then killed 
and sent to the Museum of Natural History in this city. — Robert O. 
Morris, Springfield, Mass. 2CX11, Oot., 1900, p .V^3, 
The Turkey Vulture {Catharies aura) in Somerville, Mass. — Mr. F. 
II. Ilosmer (who assures me that he knows tlie bird well) informs me that 
he saw three Turkey Buzzards, very high up in the air, in Somerville, 
Mass.', on Sept. 25, 1S9S. They were lieaded south. On the 24th strong 
southwest winds prevailed in this vicinity, previous to wliich there had 
been high winds at the south. — George II. Nantucket, Mass. 
Auk, XVI, April, 1899, p. / 2/- 
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