384 CATHARTES CALIFORNIANUS. 



B. N. A. 1858, 5.— Sthickl., Oin. Syn. 1855, 2.— Putn., Pr. Ess. Inst, i, 18.jG, 223 

 (Swampscott, Mass., Nov. 1850, Jillso)i).—8CL., Ibis, i, 1859, 213 (Guatemala). — 

 SCL., P. Z. S. 1860, 287 (Ecuador).— Taylor, Ibis, ii, 1860, 223 (Houduras).— 

 ALLr;N, Pr. Ess. lust, iv, 1864, 81 (Massachusetts, quotes Jillson, I. c, and a second 

 specimen at Gloucester, Mass., Sept. 28, 1863, Vn-rill). —Covks, ibid, v, 1868, 

 254 (Massachusetts, quotes Putnam and Allen). — Mayn., B. Mass. 1870, 137 (same 

 quotations).— Dress., Ibis, 1865, 322 (Texas).— Scl. &, Salv'., P. Z. S. 1867, 589 

 (Para).— Pelz., Orn. Bras, i, 1868, 1 (Rio).— Coues, Pr. Bost. Soc. xii, 1868, 120 

 (South Carolina, resident).— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1871, 28 (North Carolina, 

 rare, March and November). — Allex, Bull. M. C. Z. ii, 1871, 312 (critical). — 

 BoARDM., Am. Nat. iii, 1869, 498 (Calais, Me.). — Aleen, ibid. 646 (Hudson, Mass., 

 in 1869; one killed, several seen). — Coues, Key, 1872, 222. 



Catharista aimia, Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 3, No. 16 (V., Anal. 1816, 22).— B. B. & R., 

 N. A. B. iii, 1874, 351. 



Vultur aura niger, h. Kerr, Gm. 1792, 473. 



Fultur aura, Daud., Tr. Orn. ii, 1800, 19 (based on P. E. 187). Not of Linnceus. 



Cathartes aura, " Spix, Av. Spec. Nov. 1824, 2" (Allen). Not of authors. 



Vultur urubu, Vieill., Ois. Am. Sept. 1807, pi. 2. 



Cathartes uruha, Less., Tr. Orn. 1831, 27; Voy. 614.— D'Orbig., Voy. 1844, 31, pi. 1. 



Percnopterus urubu, Steph., G. Z. xiii, 1826, 7, pi. 31. 



Cathartes fwtens, Iel., "M. Berol."— Licht., Verz. 1823, 63.— Maxim., Beitr. iii, 1830, 58.— 

 SCHOMB., Guiana, 1840, 742.— Tsch., Wiegm. Arch. 1844, 262 ; Fn. Peru, 71.— 

 Hartl., Ind. Az. 1.— Gray, Gen. of B. pi. 1, f. 3.— Reinh., Vid. Med. 1870, 62. 



Vultur iota, Ord, ed. Wils. ix, 1814, 104, pi. 75, f. 2 (not of Molina, Gmelin, ov Daudin). — 

 Jard., ed. Wils. iii, 236. 



Cathartes iota, Bp., Syn. 1828, 23; Isis, 1832, 1135; List, 1838, 1.— Nutt., Man. i, 1832, 

 46.— AuD., Orn. Biog. iii, 1835, 33; v, 1839, 345; pi. 106.— Peale, U. S. Expl. 

 Exped. 1848, 59.— King, Voy. Beagle, i, 532. 



Neophron iota, Cuv., R. A. 2d ed. 1, 137. 



Hob. —Tropical and subtropical America. On the Atlantic coast, north regularly to 

 North Carolina, casually to Massachusetts ; resident from South Carolina southward. 



Cathartes californianus, (Shaw) Cuvier. 



Vultur californianus, Shaw, Nat. Misc. Ix, 1797, pi. 301; Gen. Zool. vii, 1809, 10. — Lath., 

 Ind. Orn. Suppl. 2.— Dougl., Zool. Journ. iv, 328 ; Isis, 1831, 110.— James., ed. 

 Wils. iv, 259. 



Cathartes californianus, Cvv., R. A. 2d ed. i, 316.— Bp., Syn. 1828, 22; Isis, 1832, 1135; 

 List, 1838, 1 ; Consp. i, 1850, 9.— Nutt., Man. i, 1834, 39.— Sw., Classif. B. ii, 

 1837, 206.— AuD., Orn. Biog. v, 1839, 240, pi. 426; Syn. 1839, 2; B. Am. i, 1840, 

 12, pi. 1.— Brew., ed. Wils. 1840, 832.— Gray, Gen. of B. i, 1844, pi. 2.— DeKay, 

 N. Y. Zool. ii, 1844, 3.— Peale, U S. Expl. Exp. 1848, 58.— Cass., 111. 1854, 58; 

 B. N. A. 1858, 5.— Strickl., Orn. Syn. 1855, 3.— Newb., P. R. R. Rep. vi, 1857, 

 73.— Heerm., ibid, x, 1859, pt. vi, 59.— Tay., Cal. Mag. iii, 1859, 537 (ligure of 

 eggs and young).— Coop. & Suck., N. H. Wash. Ter. 1860, 141.— GuR., Cat. 

 Rapt. B. 1864, 39.— Coues, Pr. Phila. Acad. 1866, 42 (Fort Yuma, Ariz.).— Scl., 

 P. Z. S. 1866, 366, fig. — ; 1868, 183, fig. —.—Coop., B. Cal. i, 1870, 496.— Coues, 

 Key, 1872, 222. 



Catharista calif or niana, Gray, List B. Br. Mus. 1844, 4 ; Hand-list, i, 1869, 3, No. 17. 



Sarcorhamphus californianus, Steph., Gen. Zool. xiii, 1826, 6. — ViG., Zool. Journ. ii, 375. — 

 Sw. &. Rich., F. A. B. ii, 1831, 1.— Licht., Akad. Wisseu. Berol. 424, pi. 1. 



Pseudogri/phus californianus, RiDGW. — B. B. &, R., N. A. B. iii, 1874, 338. 



Vultur columbianus, Ord, Guthrie's Geog. ii, 1815, 315. 



Cathartes vulturinus, Temm., Pi. Color. 1820, 31. — Less., Man. Orn. ii, 1828, 10. 



Hal). — Pacific coast of the United States, from the Columbia River to Lower Califor- 

 nia. Utah (Hcnshaw), Arizona (Coues). 



