CATHARTES AURA, TURKEY BUZZARD. 379 



birds as above giveu with those of the ones I saw; also, the facts of 

 the yonnp: in pairs, «S:c.] 



'' IJiit the most siugular part of this bird, and which makes it such a 

 wonder among- the Sonoraniaus, is tbat it hn^fourwings, or appendages 

 for assisting- flight on each side of its body ; that is, a pair of wings 

 such as other birds', each with three assistant wings or winglets, joined 

 to the main ones, and folding under the main ones, next to the body. 



"x\n officer of the revenue-service assured me that he had seen this 

 bird at Gnaymas in 1854, in possession of Captain Spence of that port, 

 and that, according to his recollection, my Sonoranian informant was in 

 the main correct. It seems to me there can be no doubt tbat it is a 

 ram ar/s unknown to naturalists. A gentleman now living in Monterej^, 

 who is, liUe the writer, an ajoateur naturalist, assures me, also, that he 

 saw a bird of this kind in Guaymas — most likely the same one — in the 

 possession of Captain Spence, or some other foreigner there." 



Mr. Taylor further states that, according to this last informant, the 

 number of "winglets" on each side was three, not four; and their posi- 

 tion is more particularly described. He devotes the remainder of the 

 article to proving that the '-Qaeleli" cannot be the small Mexicj'.n Vul- 

 ture called King of the Topilotes, nor the King Vulture, nor the Sacred 

 Vulture of Bartram. 



Leaving now these uncertainties, however interesting, for something 

 more definite, and conhning attention to the genus Cafluo'fes, it is to be 

 observed that of the six or seven described species, several are not 

 permanently distinct. The three of the United States, C. atrafus, C. 

 aura an.d C. caUfornianufi, with the South American C. burroi-ianus, are 

 the onl}- recognizable ones. Of these, at present, we have only to do 

 with the following 



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CATHAETES AURA, (Linn.) 111. 



Turliej Blizzard. 



Fultur'aura, Linn.. Syst. Nat. i, 17(i6. I'i'^ (based ou TzopilofI, Hernand., 331 ; Unibu, 

 Maucg., 207; Vallnr brmHieiiniH, Br.iss., i, 4GS ; Bufco sjK'cic (jaUo-pavonis, 

 Gates., i, 0). — Gm., Syst. Nat. i, ITt'd, "24(5. — Lath., Ind. Orn. i, 17^0, 4. — 

 Laimt;., Tiav. 17t).j, 2d5.— Vii:ill., Ois. Am. Sept. i, 1^07, '2:'); jil. 'i,hh. — Shaw, 

 Gen. Zool. vii, 1809, 3(5.— WiLS., Am. Orn. ix, 1H14, 915, pi. 7.'). f. 1.— Light., 

 Verz. 1823, 63. — Aui>., Edin. New Phil. .Jonrn. ii, 172. — Dakw., Jon in. Res. 68. — 

 Wagl., Isis, 1831, 517.— Skixs, T. Z. S. v, 33; Mag. Nat. Hist. 2d ser. i, G6S. 



Catharlcs aura, lix., I'lod. 1811, 236. — Uuv., R. A. i, 2d ed. 317.— Snx, Av. Bras, i, 1825, 

 2.— ViG., Zool. Jonrn. ii, 384.— Less., Man. i, 1828, 73 ; Tr. Orn. 1831, 2-^.- Bi>., 

 Syn. 1828, 22; Isis, 1832, 1135.— Maxim., Beit, iii, 1830, 64.— Jaud., ed. Wils. 

 iii, 226.— JAME.S., ed. Wils. i, 3 ; iv, 245.— Sw. A: Rich., F. B. A. ii, 1831, 4 (Sas- 

 katcliewan).- NUTT., Man. i, 1832, 43.— Sw., Classif. B. ii, 1837. 205— Aui)., 

 Orn. Biof.-. ii, 1835. 2%; v, 1839, 339 ; pi. 151 ; Svn. 1839, 3; B. Am. i, 1840, 15, 

 pi. 2.— Bi'.. List, 183.8, 1 ; Consp. 1850, 9. -D'OituiG., La Sagra's Cuba. 1H39, 4 ; 

 Voy. Aui. Merid. iv, 38.— ScHOMU., Gniaua, 1840.742. — Bkkw., ed. Wils. 6>f2. — 

 Lixsi,., Am. .Jonrn. xliv, 1843, 2.50 (Connecticut).— DeIvav, N. V. Zool. 1"^44, 2, 

 pi. 5, f. 12.— T.sciiLDi, Wieg. Arch. 1844, 262 ; Fn. I'eru, 71.— Gkay, Li.st B. Br. 

 Mns. 1844, 3 ; Gen. of B. i, 1844, 1.— G().'!isi;, B. Jam. 1847, 1.— rr.Ai.i:, U. S. Expl. 

 Exped. 1.S48, .58.— WooDii., Sitgr. Rep. IS.53, .5S (Indian Tcrritorv ; New Mex- 

 ieo).— Oa.s.s., 111. 1H.54, 57.— Bkkw., N. A. O.d. is.57, 1.— Xkwii.. I'.'R. M. Rep.vi, 

 1H.57, 73.— L'As.s., B. N. A. 1858, 4 ; Br. A. N. S. l-<49, 1.59.— .Maxim., .1. f. O. vi, 

 18.58,2.— Hi;i;i!M., B. R. R. Rep. X. |)t. vi, 59.— SCL., Ibis, i, 1859, 213 (tiuat.-maia).— 

 BitVA.NT, Br. Bost. Soc. vii, 1S59 (Baliamas).— Sci.., P. Z. S. 1860, 2S7 (,Ec-nudor) ; 

 Ibis, ii, ls(50; 222 (Honduras).— Tavi.., Ibis, 1864, 78 (Trinidad).— C'oor. & 

 Sick.. N. II. Wasli. Ter. l^CO, 140.— Hayd., Rep. 1>!(52, 151.— Dkk.ss., Ibis. 18().5, 

 322 (Texas).— Goi'Ks, Pr. I'liila. Acad. l.-^(5(5, 42 (Arizona).— Kknn., Tr. 111. 

 Agric. Soc. i, 58(» (breeding).— Cocks A Pkk.nt., Smiths. Rep. 1861, 401 (resi- 

 dent at Wa.«,liington, I). C). — Wiikat., Oiiio .Vgric. K'ep. l"'6(l, No. 1. — Boaud.m., 

 Pr. Bust. Soc. ix, 1662, 122 (Calais, Me. ; one instanco).— Veku., Pr. Ess. lust. 



