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A Black Vulture was seen around tlio house 
of Daniel Ilinchliof, about half a mile from 
the centre of the village and Plymnidh Rock, 
on July 2d and Jd. Mr. IT. liad thrown out 
some fish lieads and refuse. The Vulture 
oamo to feed, bringing a single Crow with it. 
It was so very tamo that Mr. 11., who was hay- 
ing in the field near by, conld almost hit it 
with a pitchfork. Ilis grandson, wlio was 
spending the Fourth, thinking it to be an 
Eagle shot it on the morning of the fifth and 
brought it to mo to have it preserved and 
identified. I exchanged other speeimens for 
it, and at once shipped it to your oflice. There 
was one seen here about eight years ago on 
the farm of Thomas Jackson. 
IF. C. Hat, haway . 
[The Vulture, A.O.tT. No. 320, was received 
in good order and mounted; it was found to 
bo a 9, and from its condition we don’t think 
that it got its share of the fish heads. — IF.] 
:\ 3;0> !5. Jaly.1890. p. JQ2. 
Black Vulture at Taunton, Mass. — I take pleasure in recording the 
capture of an adult female Black Vulture (Catharista urubu) at Taunton, 
Mass., on Oct. 5, 1902. This is the first record for the specie^ in Bristol 
County, and there are but very few records for the State. 
The bird was discovered sitting on the roof of a barn, where it remained 
while its captor went to the house for his gun. — A. C. Bent, Taunton, 
XX, Jan., 1903, 
The Black Vulture again in Eastern Massachusetts.— On the 15th 
of last September, 1905, I shot a Black Vulture (Catharista atrata) at 
Waltham, Mass. This is, I believe, the fifth specimen on record in Massa- 
chusetts. When first seen, at dusk, the vulture was sitting on the top of 
a tall dead pine tree, on the edge of some woods, about two miles north 
of the town. At a distance it looked somewhat like a large crow, but 
much more awkward; its neck seemed to be sunk forward till it stretched 
out between the wings. I started toward the vulture, keeping as much 
out of sight as possible, but it must have seen me, for it raised its head, 
and then flew in my direction, with long, steady flaps of its wings, and 
evidently more curious than frightened, for it flew close to the tree tops, 
and directly over my head. When the shot struck the bird, it fell heavily 
to the ground, but immediately spreading both wings, as if to balance 
itself, it ran awkwardly off through the bushes, until shot again. Al- 
though hjll grown, it was evidently not an old bird; the plumage was 
in fine condition, but had a . very disagreeable odor. The outstretched 
wings measured fifty-eight inches from tip to tip. The specimen, mounted, 
is now in my -lle^tiog,.-^,H^5TopR,_ , 
