208 Cory on the Birds of the West Indies. 



the under tail-coverts clear buff; under wing-coverts grey, thickly 

 barred with bufFy white- quills blackish, shaded with slatj grey 

 above, the secondaries entirely of this colour, the under surface 

 greyish white, with black bars and tips, less conspicuous on the 

 upper surface ; tail alternately crossed with two bands of black 

 above, with a broad intermediate band of ashy grey between, nar- 

 rowly tipped with ashy grey, barred with ochraceous buff and black 

 below, the bars very broad. Total length 17 inches, culmen 1-6, 

 wing 1 1-7, tail 7-5, tarsus 1-4. 



'■'Adult Male: — A little smaller than the female. Total length 16 

 inches, culmen 1-55, wing 11, tail 7-5, tarsus 1-4." (Sharpe, 1. c.) 



I have quoted Mr. Sliarpe's admirable description of this 

 species in full ; as the series of specimens at my command is 

 totally inadequate to enable me to properly describe the various 

 stages of plumage. 



The bird is recorded from Grenada, and is probably accidental 

 in the Antilles. 



Genus Polyborus Vieill. 



Polyboras Vieillot, Analyse, p. 22, 1816. 



Polyborus cheri^vay (Jacq^.). 



Falco c he rizv ay ].\CQ^ Beitr. p. 17, tab. 4 (17S4). 



Polyborus vulgaris D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 9 (1S40). 



—Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VH, p. 306 (i860) (Cuba). 

 Polyborus tharus Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VHI, p. 306 (1S60) 



(Cuba"). — GuNDL. Repert. Fisico-Nat. Cuba, I, p. 221 (1865). 

 Polyborus cheriway Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VHI, p. 306 (i860) 



(Cuba).— GuNDL. J. f O. 1871, p. 284 (Cuba).— Cory, List Bds. 



W. \. p. 23(1885). 

 Polyborus brasiliensis Brewer, Pr. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. VII, p. 306 (i860) 



(Cuba) 

 Polyborus auduboni Gv^D-L. J. f O. 1S71, p. 357 (Cuba) (.?). 

 Accidental in Cuba. 



Family CATHARTID^. 

 Genus Cathartes Illiger. 



Cathartes Illiger, Prodr. p. 236, 181 1. 



Cathartes aura (Linn.). 



Vultur aura LiNN. Syst. Nat. L p. 86 11 758V 



Cathartes aura D'Orb. in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois. p. 4 (1S40). — 



