Notes concerning certain Birds 
of Long Island, N.Y. 
Cathartes aura. Mr. Robt. Peavey, who killed the two specimens of 
this species before recorded by me, shot two additional specimens, one of 
which he has presented to the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts 
and Sciences. 
^Villiain C.Braislin, II. D. Brooklyn, n.y. 
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Q-rtei'd' ’Tom'f', 
Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture. A very fine male specimen of this 
vulture has been added to my collection through the generosity of Mr. Roy 
Latham of Orient Point. Mr. Latham briefly stated the facts of its occur- 
rence in his record of the species of birds observed by him at Orient Point 
on Dec. 22, 1907, which was published in the ‘Bird-Lore’ Christmas bird- 
census (Vol. X, 1908, p. 29). Mr. Latham informed me that the bird was 
unable to fly when first discovered by him on the beach. It was at once 
evident that it was disabled, and it was found that it had some foreign 
substance in its throat. This had, no doubt, prevented it from eating 
for so long a time that it had become too weak to fly. The cause of the 
obstruction in the throat was found to be a bone of an animal of consider- 
able size.' Mr. Latham extracted the bone and removed the bird to his 
home, where it was cared for and protected. He fed the bird, and found 
that it ate greedily of stale fish. Despite his care, however, it did not sur- 
vive the following night. 
Auic li3, 
Turkey Vulture in Northern Steuben County, N. Y. — A female Turkey 
Vulture (Cathartes aura septentrionalis) was shot by a farmer in the town of 
Pulteney, Steuben Co., N. Y., July 11, 1909, and the skin is now in the 
possession of Richard Cowan, Bluff Point, N. Y. There were eleven of the 
vultures feeding on a dead hog in a gully. — Verdi Burtch, Branchport, 
^ ^ Aok 27.AprolfllOp. 
Black Vulture m Stuben CountyTJK'Y-— A Correction.— In ‘The 
Auk,’ Volume XXVII, page 208, will be foithd a note by me on the taking of 
a Turkey Vulture in northern Steuben Co., N. Y., on July 11, 1909. Mr. 
Cowan, in whose possession the specimen was, told me abput it and I had 
faith in his judgment as he had Chapman’s ‘Handbook’ and I had cau- 
tioned him to be sure of the identification. I have since had the pleasure 
of examining the specimen and find it to be without a doubt a Black Vul- 
ture (Catharista urubu). I regret that the error was made and my note 
written but am glad to be able to make the correction and record the speci- 
men, as it seems to be the first record of the Black Vulture for Steuben 
County and the fourth for western New York. — Verdi Burtch, Branch- 
port, N. Y. SI, ttX,. 
