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median wattle or "dewlap"; and with a somewhat convolute or twisted 

 caruncle extending from side of occiput obliquely downward across side 

 of neck to base of gular wattle; auricular region without longitudinal 

 corrugations and occiput not covered with bristles; primaries decidedly 

 longer than longest secondaries; front of tibiotarsal joint feathered; sexes 

 decidedly different, the female being smaller and without comb, dewlap, 

 or other fleshy appendages or else witli these greatly reduced in size. 



Vultur (extralimital) " 

 cc. Size smaller (wing less than 525 mm.) ; plumage commencing on lower neck 

 with large, broad, blended normal feathers; "comb" (present in both 

 sexes) attached to middle of cere (above nostril) only; throat without 

 median wattle or dewlap; no caruncular excrescence on side of neck; 

 auricular region with longitudinal corrugations; occiput densely covered 

 with short bristles or hairs; primaries not extending beyond tips of 

 longest secondaries; front of tibiotarsal joint naked; sexes alike. 



Sarcoramphus (p. 11) 

 bh. Cere decidedly longer than rhinotheca of maxilla; bill comparatively weak, 

 with culmen not distinctly arched basally; no "comb" or other fleshy 

 appendages on head or neck (in either sex) ; plumage commencing on 

 lower neck with stiff, lanceolate, acuminate feathers; cervical vertebrae, 

 15; dorsal vertebrae, 4; coccygeal vertebrae (exclusive of pygostyle) 5; 

 sacral vertebrae as in Caihartes. (Size of Vultur.) . .Qyinnogyps (p. 51) 

 aa. Commissure long, the angle of rictus situated far back of posterior end of 

 nostril (about halfway between the latter and anterior angle of eye) ; neck 

 with more than lower half feathered; basitemporal region of skull flattened, 

 not developed laterally into conspicuous processes; postacetabular ilia not 

 rising above synsacrum, and widely separated; femorocaudal muscle absent; 

 rings at bifurcation of bronchii extraordinarily thin, leaving broad mem- 

 branous intervals, which are occasionally traversed by bridges connecting 

 them; eggs conspicuously spotted, (Vertebrae as in Gymnogyps.) 

 b. Nostril very large and broad, occupying the whole of the nasal fossa, both 

 ends broadly rounded; cervical vertebrae, 13; cervical ribs, 2 pairs; sacral 

 ribs, 2 pairs; wing relatively much longer (more than nine times as long 

 as tarsus), the longest primaries much exceeding longest secondaries; 

 tail more than half as long as wing, strongly rounded; middle toe, without 



claw, longer than tarsus; plumage normal Cathartes (p. 30) 



bh. Nostril relatively small and narrow, occupying only posterior half of nasal 

 fossa, narrowly acuminate anteriorly; cervical vertebrae, 14; cervical 

 ribs, 3 pairs, sacral ribs, 3 pairs; wing relatively much shorter (less than 

 six times as long as tarsus), the longest primaries scarcely exceeding 

 longest secondaries; tail less than half as long as wing, truncate; middle 

 toe, without claw, shorter than tarsus; plumage very hard and stiff. 



Coragyps (p. 17) 



" Vultur, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, i, 1758, 86 (type, by subsequent desig- 

 nation (Allen, 1907), V. gnjphus Linnaeus) .—<jryphus Oken, Lehrbuch der 

 Naturg., Atlas, 1816, pi. 32, fig. (type, by tautonymy and original designation, 

 Vultur gryphus Linnaeus); Isidor Geoffroy-St. Hilaire, Essais de Zool. Gdn^rale 

 (Nouv. Suites k Buffon, livr. 53), 1841, 367, footnote (type, by monotypy, 

 Vultur gryphus Linnaeus) . 



