Auk. XVII. Jan. , 1900, p./o. 
Auk, XIV, Apr., 1897 . p , ^3./. 
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■ aura, — A specimen of this bird was winged near May 
in this county, in August. 1896, and is still kept alive in this city 
second record. 
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Auk, XTII, Oct., 1890 , p>^. ?V/-.e. 
The Turkey Vulture in the Catskills— Dr. H. II. Rusbv informs me 
that on September i, 1896, he saw a Turkey Vulture {Cathartes aura) 
at Ulsterville, Ulster County, N. Y. The bird at one time was sailing 
about within twenty yards of a number of observers, some of whom were 
familiar with the species in the South.— Frank M. Chapman, American 
Museum of Natural History, New York City. 
815. A Rare Visitor. By Thirlstane [=z David Thirslane Bruce]. 
Brockfort[N. T.). Republic, May 29, 1884.— Capture of Cathartes aura< 
neai Brockport, N. Y. (See Auk, I, p. 293, where the same specimen is 
again recorded.) 
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Cathartes aura, Turkey Vulture. — A young male taken in town 
of Kendall, May 23, 1884. (See Auk, Vol. I, No. 3, July, 1884.) Mr. 
David Bruce of Brockport now has this specimen. Also an adult' male 
taken in the town of Clarendon , July iS, 1891, and now in the New York 
State Museum at Albany. (See Auk, Vol. IX, No. 2, April, 1892.) 
. Auk, XVI, ApTil, 1899 , p^./>-^ 
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Cathartes aura. — The geographical distribution ot the Turkey Vulture 
is one of the most interesting facts connected with its histor3'. Occurring 
regularly but a short distance south of our limits, and often seen even in 
the winter but fifty miles south of us (Trenton, N. J.), and being a bird 
of such well-known powers of flight, it yet so rarely occurs north of its 
regular haunts that it is as if a well recognized line demarked its limits, 
beyond which its occurrence is extremely singular. A bird of this spe- 
cies was shot at Rockaway Beach by Mr. R. L. Peavey of Brooklyn, on 
Julj ^ 5 < 1899, in whose fine collection of mounted birds it now is. 
Length of specimen, 29 inches ; wing, 21 inches. 
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Cathartes aura. Mr. Robt. L. Peavey, of this city, secured a 
specimen of the Turkey Vulture at Rockaway Beach, June 21, 
1902. A former specimen secured by him at the same place, three 
years previously, I have recorded in this journal (Auk, XVII, 
1900, p. 70). 
Atlk, XX, Jan.. 1908 . p. t''3^ 
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