40 BIRDS OF PREY. 



prove to be the present. Nor is it likely that this spe- 

 cies can remain wholly confined to the narrow limits of 

 the Andes of California, but probably it associates with 

 the true Condor over an extensive range, agreeably to 

 the habit of all the other species ; and notwithstanding 

 Humboldt's criticism, it is not improbable, that the 

 hlach Condor of the Peruvians may be the present 

 species. 



The general color of this bird is black ; but the secondary quill 

 feathers are whitish at their extremities, and the coverts of the 

 wings incline to brown ; the folded wings extend beyond tlie tail. 

 The skin of the head and neck is destitute of feathers, smooth and of 

 a dusky red ; across the forehead passes a blackish bar, and 2 other 

 parallel ones are seen on the hind-head. The bill is of a pale color ; 

 the base of the neck, as usual, is surrounded with a ruff of narrow 

 hlack feathers ; and the under parts of the body are covered with 

 loose and downy plumes. The tail is equal at its extremity, and the 

 feet black. 



KING VULTURE. 



(Cafhartes papa, Illiger. Bonap. Vulturpapa, Lix.and Latham. 

 Gypagus papa, Vieillot, Dictionaire Hist. Nat. vol. xxxvi. 

 p. 4-56. tab. ii. fig. 1.) 



Spec. Charact. — Reddish- white j wings and tail black; nostrils 

 carunculated. — Young, dark bluish ; belly and sides of the rump 

 whitish. 



This beautiful species is found in America from the 

 30th degree of north latitude to the 3'2d in the southern 

 hemisphere ; but they become more numerous as we ad- 

 vance towards the torrid zone. They are met with in 

 Peru, Brazil, Guiana, Paraguay, and Mexico. 



The king of the Vultures, which the Spaniards of Par- 

 aguay call the White Crotv, from the color which pre- 

 vails in its plumage, is very shy when found upon the 



