St. Johnsbuky, Vt., July 12, 1884. 
Editor of Random Notes : 
To-day I received a specimen which I 
tliinli is worthy of notice in Random Notes. 
A Black Vulture, killed near Montpelier, 
this state. An adult bird in good feather, 
twenty-three inches in length, wing sixteen 
and a half inches, and smells like a water 
lily. 
As far as I can learn, nothing of the kind 
was ever seen in the state before. Is it 
rare north or not? 
The man who sent it forwarded a briet 
note as follows : “ Shot this in Woodbury. 
Vt., yesterday. What is it?” 
Can you tell me what the so-caflled “ Blacl 
Eagle ” really is? Is it a young Bald, or a 
distinct variety ? I can’t satisfy myself re- 
garding them. Cordially yours, 
Graham. > 
According to authority older than you or 1 
' ourselves, we must pass on every eagle not ^ 
a Golden, that inhabits this section of the ^ 
country, the name of Bald. — Ed. 
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