204 ACCIPITKES. 



Rhinogryphus californiana. 



Valtur californianus, Shaw, Xat. Misc. ix. p. 1, pi. 301 (1797). 

 (Enojis californiana (Shaw), Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 28 

 (1874). ■ 



The Californian Turkey-Vulture. 



Hah. Western side of North America; California and Oregon. 



896. Articulated skeleton: mounted, 0. C. 1()76. 



South CoUevtion. 



Subclass FALC0NIF0B3IES. 

 Order 1. ACCIPITRES *. 



Suborder I. SERPENTARII f. 



A. Palate desmognatlious. 



B. Basipterygoid processes present. 



C. Hallux present and connected with the ficd-or loiujus haUucis, 



and not with the /lexor per/orans digitoriun. 



D. Spinal feather-tract well defined on the neck. 



Genus SERPENTARIUS. 



Cuvier, Tableau elemeutairc Hist. Nat. p. 254 (1798). 



Serpentarius secretarius. 



Otis secretarius, Scopoli, Belie. Faun, et Flor. lusubr. ii. p. 93 



(1786). 

 Serpentarius secretarius (Scop.), Sharpe, Cut. B. Brit. Mus. i. p. 45 



(1874). 



The Secretary Bird. 



Hah. Africa. 

 897. Articulated skeleton : mounted. O.C. 1(!71. Purchased. 



* Cf. Ridgway, Bull. U,S. Geol. Surv. (2) i. p. 22o. 



t Cf. Huxley, P.Z.S. 18G7, p. 442, tig-. 24; Shufeldt in Ileydeii's 12th 

 Ann. U.S. Geol. & Geogr. Surv. 1882, p. 761, cum tig'T. 



