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1878. Axon. Vnltmcs aiitl Turk.-y Buzzards. < Forest and Stream, xi, Oct. 31, 1878, 

 p. 250. 

 Reprinted from " Florida Star." 



1878. KiTK, W. A .Skunk cattail by Turkey-buzzards [Cathartes aura]. <^Am. Xat., 

 xii, No. 12, Dec, 1878, p. 821. 



1878, SiMiTiT, G. Stuaut. The Condor [Sarcorliampbus gryplius]. <^ Oologist, iv, 

 No. 5, July, 1878, pp. 39, 40. 

 Compiled account of habits. 



1880. Anox. The Condor [Sarcorliampbus gryphus]. <^ Temperance Vedette (news- 

 paper of Terrill, Texas), Mar. 20, 1880. 

 Popular notice, copied from . 



1880. RiDGWAY, R. Notes on the American Vultures (Sarcorbampbidte), with Special 

 Reference to their Generic Nomenclature. <^ Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Chih, v, No. 2, 

 Ayr., 1880, pp. 77-84. 



This is an attempt to fix the generic names, which, though comparatively few iu number, 

 have been almost inextricably involved, through the conflicting usages of authors who hold 

 to different rules for the adoption of genera. Bj' a kind of "process of elimination", tho 

 author determines tho following names, with their types: 1, Sarcorhamphus Uuni., 1806, for 

 tho Condoi ; 2, Gyparchus Gloger, 1842, for the King Vulture; 3, PseudogryphusTddgw., 1874', 

 for tho Californian Vulture ; 4, Cathartes 111., 1811, for tho Turkey Buzzard; 5, Catharista 

 Vieill., 1816, for the Black Vulture. Tho synonyms of each of these are given, with tho ref- 

 erences. Remarks, are made upon Sarcorhamphus csquatorialis and S. gryphus, Pseudogry- 

 phus californianus, Oathartes hurrovianus and 0. pemigra. 



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