38 U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUIM BULLETIN 221 



Pelionetta trowbridgii Baird 



in Baird, Cassin, and Lawrence, Rep. Expl. and Surv. R.R. Pac. 9: 1, 



804, 806, 1858. 

 =MelaniUa perspicillata (Linnaeus). See Grinneil, Univ. California 



Publ. Zool. 38: 265, 1932. 

 12728 (=9860 or 9861). Adult male. San Diego, San Diego County, 



California. 1853? Collected by Andrew Cassidy. 

 Nos. 9860 and 9861, first entered into the museum register on March 23, 



1858, were cotypes of this form. One of the two was reentered on July 22, 



1859, as No. 12728; the other, whether at some time reentered or not, can- 

 not now be found and has presumably been sent out of the museum or 

 destroyed. 



Genus THALASSORNIS Eyton 



Thalassomis insularis Richmond 



Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 19 : 678, May 13, 1897. 

 =Thalassornis leuconotus insularis Richmond. See Peters, Checklist of 



birds of the world 1 : 183, 1931. 

 151139. Adult male. "River Sakales"=Sakaleo River, which enters the 



Indian Ocean between Fanivelona and Fenoarivo (at about lat. 20°38' 



S.), Madagascar. May 15, 1895. Collected by William L. Abbott. 



Genus OXYURA Bonaparte 



Erismatura alleni Danforth 



Auk 42(4) : 558, October 6, 1925. 

 ■=OxyuTa jamaicensis jamaicensis (Gmelin). See Wetmore, Sci. Surv. 

 Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands 9: 315-317, 1927; Peters, Check- 

 list of birds of the world 1 : 184, 1931. 

 313946. Adult male. Desengaiio, a switch on the Cabo Rojo branch of 

 the American Railroad one-half mile north of Cartagena Lagoon (lat. 

 18°01' N., long. 67°06' W.), Puerto Rico. April 19, 1925. Collected 

 by Luis H. Mendoza for Stuart T. Danforth. Original number 186. 

 Received from the Cornell University Museum, where it was No. 2287. 



Order FALCONIFORMES: Hawks, Falcons 



Family CATHARTIDAE: New World Vultures 

 Genus CATHARTES llliger 



Cathartes aura teler Friedmann 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 46: 188, October 26, 1933. 

 285275. Adult female. Riverside, Riverside County, California. April 

 12, 1892. Collected by A. H. Higginson. Original number 1901. 

 Received from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. 



