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Cleveland Mus. Nat. Hist., 7, 1937, 41, in text (crit.).— Van Tyne and Sut- 

 ton, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan, No. 37, 1937, 16 (Brewster 

 County, Tex.; sev. records; not known here until recently; meas.; crit.; 

 habits). — Burleigh, Auk, Iv, 1938, 520, 521, in text (Florida; spec). — Sassi, 

 Temminckia, iii, 1938, 297 (Costa Rica, Castilla on lower llio Reventazon, 

 and Bebedero; specimens). — Davis, Wils. Bull., iiii, 1941, 38 (Cienfuegos, 

 Cuba; young; nest). — Traylor, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., zool. ser., xxiv, 

 1941, 202 (Yucatdn). — Blake and Hanson, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., 

 zool. ser., xxii, 1942, 525 (Michoacan; Apatzingan and Cerro de Tancitaro; 

 spec; meas.). — Brodkorb, Misc. Publ. Mus. Zool Univ. Michigan, No. 56, 

 1943, 26 (Tabasco, Mexico). — van Rossem, Condor, xlviii, 1946, 180, in text 

 (ranges northward at least to 28° in Sonora; colors of soft parts). 



Cathartes aura subsp. Griscom, Amer. Mus. Nov., No. 235, 1920, 12 (e. Quintana 

 Roo, Yucatiin). — Murphy, Auk, Ixii, 1945, 116 (Pearl Islands, Panama). 



(?) Aquila nudicoUis Ritter, Naturh. Reis. Westind. Insel Hayti, 1836, 155 

 (Haiti).— TiPPENHAUER, Die Insel Haiti, 1892, 319 (listed;? Haiti). 



(?) Falco nudicoUis Hartlaub, Isis, 1847, 610 (listed after Ritter; Haiti). 



Calhartes burrovianus Cassin, Proc Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ii, 1845, 212 

 (Veracruz, Mexico; coll. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia); iv, 1849, 100 (crit.); 

 Cat. Vult. Mus. Philadelphia Acad., 1849, 5; Rep. U. S. Expl. Exped. 

 (Wilkes), Orn., 1858, 84; in Baird, Rep. Pacific R. R. Surv., ix, 1858, 6. — 

 Sclater, Proc Zool. Soc London, 1857, 3 (crit.). — Baird, Cat. North 

 Amer. Birds, 1859, No. 4.— Dresser, Ibis, 1865, 322 (Brownsville, Tex.).— 

 Elliot, New and Unfig. North Amer. Birds, ii, pt. 1, 1866, pi. 36, and text. — 

 CouES, Key North Amer. Birds, 1872, 222 (range, descr.) ; Birds Northwest, 

 1874, 383, footnote.— RiDGWAY, Bull. Nuttall Orn. Club, v, 1880, 83 (crit.); 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., viii, 1885, 34 [ = 38], part (crit.; syn., etc); Man. 

 North Amer. Birds, 1887, 221, part (e. Mexico; s. Texas?). — American 

 Ornithologists' Union, Check-list, 1886, 353 (hypothetical list, No. 13); 

 ed. 2, 1895, 329.— Sharpe, Hand-list, i, 1899, 241, part (e. Mexico). 



Catharista hurroviana Gray, Hand-list, i, 1869, 3, No. 19. — Siiarpe, Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist., ser. 4, xi, 1873, 133 (Jamaica). 



Rhinogryphus burrovianus Ridgway, in Baird, Brewer, and Ridgway, Hist. North 

 Amer. Birds, iii, 1874, 344. — Gurney, List Diurn. Birds Prey, 1884, 4, part; 

 Cat. Birds Prey, 1894, 17, part. 



Oenops hurroviana Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., i, 1874, 28 footnote (crit.). 



Cathartes atratus (not Vultur atratus Ord ex Bartram) Nicoll, Ibis, 1904, 577 

 (Kingston, Jamaica, abundant; see Nicoll, Ibis, 1905, 138). 



Cathartes aura insularis Swann, Synop. Accip., pt. 1, 1921, 3 (Cozumel Island, 

 Yucatdn; coll. Brit. Mus.). 



Cathartes aura meridionalis Swann, Synop. Accip., pt. 1, 1921, 3 ("Colombia," 

 type from Santa Marta). 



CATHARTES AURA SEPTENTRIONALIS Wlort 



Eastern Turkey Vulture 



Similar to C. aura aura but larger in all dimensions. 



Adult male.—^\mg 518-550 (535.9); tail 252-298 (271); culm.en 

 from cere 24-25 (24.4); tarsus 65-71 (08. 1); middle toe without claw 

 60-71 (64.4 mm.) (14 specimens). 



Adult female —\Y'mg 527-559 (545.8); tail 272-294 (283.6) ; culmen 



