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outer and inner toes of the Condors are nearly equal in length, but in Gypagus 
the outer toe is longer than the inner one; the bill is very stout, and the cere is 
shorter than the upper mandible, the genus in this respect differing from the smaller 
and more slender-billed Turkey Vultures and resembling the Condors. 
1. Gypagus papa. 
The King of the Vultures, Edwards, Birds, i. p. 2, t. 2°. 
Vultur papa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 122°. 
Cathartes papa, Illig. Prodr. p. 280°; Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vég. p. 3° (cf. Cab. J. f. Orn. 
1863, p. 58°); Sbarpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. i. p. 22°; Lawr. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 
p. 437; Boucard, P. Z. 8. 1878, p. 45°; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 235’. 
Gypagus papa, Vieill. N. Dict. @ Hist. Nat. xxxvi. p. 456"; Salvin, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 509"; 
Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 169”; Richmond, Pr. U.S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 
p. 522%; Ridgw. Man. N. Amer. Birds, ed. 2, p. 219"; Sharpe, Hand-l. Birds, i. 
p- 2407. | 
Sarcorhamphus papa, Scl. P. Z.S. 1857, p. 227%; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 2%; Mem. 
Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 303 ™. 
Gyparchus papa, Moore, P. Z. 8. 1859, p. 51°°; Sel. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 214" ; 1860, p. 194”; 
v. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 370”; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 405 *; vi. p.378™. 
Supra lactescenti-albus, vix roseo indutus; cervice saturate schistacea, nucham versus nigricante; dorso 
postico mediano, uropygio, supracaudalibus et cauda nigris; tectricibus alarum minoribus et medianis 
lactescenti-albis, dorso concoloribus, tectricibus majoribus et remigibus nigris paullo viridi nitentibus, 
et extus anguste albido limbatis; corpore subtus toto et subalaribus lactescenti-albis; capite nuda 
carunculata et plaga prepectorali nuda rubris, plumis faciei et fascia transoccipitali nigris; iride alba. 
Long. tota circa 30-0, ale 20°5, caude 8-7, culm. (cum cera) 2°35, tarsi 3°55. (Descr. maris adulti ex 
Volcan de Fuego, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 
Juv. Omnino brunneus, alis caudaque nigricantioribus, pileo nudo fusco absque carunculis: rostro albicanti- 
- corneo. (Descr. exempl. juv. ex Quonga, British Guiana. Mus. nostr.) 
Av. hornot. Omnino nigricans, remigibus anguste albido limbatis; pectore et abdomine albis; subalaribus 
nigris, albo paullulum mixtis; axillaribus albis. (Descr. exempl. ex Chimalapa, Tehuantepec. Mus. 
nostr.) 
Hab. Mexico (Deppe**), both coasts up to 8000-4000 feet (Sumichrast °), Acaponeta, 
Mazatlan (Grayson 18), San Andres Tuxtla, Vera Cruz (Boucard 1°), Ticaro 
(Ferrari-Perez !*), Orizaba, Rio Coatzacoalcos, Santa Efigenia, Cacoprieto, ‘Tonala 
(Sumichrast®), Chimalapa (Richardson); GuatemMata (Constancia''), ‘Tierra 
Caliente of both coasts 2°, Coban, San Gerénimo, Escuintla, Masagua (0. S. & 
F. D. G.?1), Vera Paz (Leyland); Honpuras, Omoa, San Pedro (Leyland 1°) ; 
Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur (Nutting 2+), Rio Escondido (ichmond'*), San 
Juan del Norte (v. Frantzius?2); Costa Rica, San Mateo (Boucard ®), Pacaca 
(v. Frantzius *°), La Palma (Nutting *3), Miravalles (Arcé), Piriz, Pozo Azul 
(Underwood) ; Panama (M*Leannan1').—Tropican South AMERICA !°. 
The King Vulture has not been recognized as a visitor to the Southern United 
States, but it is generally distributed throughout Mexico’, according to Sumichrast. 
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