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nasales laxata Brown,^ Jam., 471); cd. 12, i, 1766, 122 (cites, in addition, 

 Vultur brasiliensis Brisson ^n). — Boddaert, Tabl. Planches Enl., 1783, 11 (PI. 

 Enl., pi. 187).— Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 1, 1788, 246.— Latham, Index 

 Orn., i, 1790, 4.— Daudin, Trait6 d'Orn., ii, 1800, 19.— Turton, Syst. Nat., 

 i, 1806, 139.— Shaw, Gen. Zool., vii, pt. 1, 1809, 36 (crit.).— Cabanis, Journ. 

 fur Orn., 1854, p. Ixxix (Cuba). 



Caiharista aura Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. Hist. Nat., xii, 1817, 400, part.— Gray, 

 List Spec. Brit. Mus., pt. 1, Accip., ed. 2, 1848, 3, part (Jamaica).— Gray, 

 Hand-list, i, 1869, 3, No. 18, part (West Indies). 



Percnopterus aura Stephens, in Shaw's Gen. Zool., xiii, pt. 2, 1826, 7. 



Cathartes aura d'Orbigny, in La Sagra's Hist. Nat. Cuba, Ois., 1839, Spanish ed., 

 23, French ed., 4.— Denny, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1847, 37.— Gosse, 

 Birds Jamaica, 1847, 1. — Poey, Mem. Real Soc. Econ. Habana, ser. 2, vi, 

 No. 2, 1848, 100 (Cuba). — Bonaparte, Rev. Mag. Zool., vi, 1854, 530.— 

 Sclater, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1857, 211 (Orizaba, Veracruz); Rev. List 

 Birds Jamaica, 1910, 13.— Bryant, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vii, 1859, 

 104 (Bahamas).— Sclater and Salvin, Ibis, 1859, 213 (Duenas, Guatemala; 

 habits); Nom. Av. Neotr., 1873, 123, part.— Brewer, Proc. Boston Soc. 

 Nat. Hist., vii, 1860, 306 (Cuba).— Taylor, Ibis, 1860, 222 (Honduras).— 

 Albrecht, Journ. fur Orn., 1861, 50 (Bahamas); 1862, 203 (Jamaica).— 

 GuNDLACH, Journ. fur Orn., 1861, 401 (Cuba; crit.); Rep. Ffsico Nat. Cuba, 

 i, 1865, 221; Journ. fur Orn., 1871, 267 (Cuba; crit.), 353 (Cuba; habits); 

 Cat. Aves Cubana, Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat., ii, 1873, 97; Contr. Orn. 

 Cubana, "1876" (=1873), 29; Orn. Cubana, 1895, 7.— Lawrence, Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist. New York, viii, 1863, 2 (Panama) ; Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist., ii, 1874, 303 (Mazatldn, Sinaloa; Tres Marias Islands; Colima; hab- 

 its). — Lichtenstein, Journ. fur Orn., 1863, 58. — March, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, xv, 1863, 150 (.lamaica).— Gurney, Descr. Cat. Rapt. 

 Birds Norfolk and Norwich Mus., pt. 1, 1864, 42, part (Cuba; Jamaica). — 

 Frantzius, Journ. fur Orn., 1869, 370 (Costa Rica). — Grayson, Proc. Boston 

 Soc. Nat. Hist., xiv, 1872, 267 (Tres Marias Islands; habits).— Cory, Birds 

 Bahama Islands, 1880, 134 (Abaco; Andros; Great Bahama) ; List Birds West 

 Indies, 1885; rev. ed., 1886, 23 (Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica); Auk, iv, 1887, 50 

 (West Indian references) ; Birds West Indies, 1889, 208 (West Indian refer- 

 ences); Auk, viii, 1891, 294 (Cuba), 298 (Abaco Island); Cat. West Indian 

 Birds, 1892, 48 (Abaco and Andros Islands, Bahamas; Cuba; Isle of Pines; 

 Jamaica). — Newton and Newton, Handb. Jamaica, 1880, 134.- — Rovirosa, 

 La Naturaleza, vii, 1887, 379 (Tabasco; Rfo Macuspana).— Zeled6n, Anal. 

 Mus. Nac. Costa Rica, i, 1887, 127 (Costa Rica).— Salvin, Ibis, 1889, 375 

 (Cozumel Island, Yucatdn; Ruatan and Bonaca Islands, Honduras). — Scott, 

 Auk, ix, 1892, 125 (Jamaica). — Beristain and Laurencio, Mem. y Rev. 

 Soc. Cient. "Antonio Alzate," vii, Nos. 7-8, 1894, 222 (Mexico; distr.).— 

 Underwood, Ibis, 1896, 447 (Volcdn de Miravalles, Costa Rica).— Bonhote, Ibis, 

 1903, 298 (Andros and Little Abaco Islands, Bahamas; not found on New 

 Providence Island). — Cory, Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., orn. ser., i, No. 5, 

 1909, p. 241, 253 (Leeward Islands: Margarita; common). — Reichenow, Die 

 Vogel, i, 1913, 361.— Hallinan, Auk, xli, 1924, 311 (Farfan, Panama). — 

 Bond, Birds West Indies, 1936, 59, 60 (West Indies; descr.; distr.; local names; 

 crit.). — Sutton and Burleigh, Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Louisiana State 

 Univ., No. 3, 1939, 25 (ne. Mexico; common); Auk, Ivii, 1940, 237, in text 



2« =C urubitinga Pelzeln. 



28 =a mixture of the present form and Coragyps atratus atratus. 



