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nizing that this name denotes a red-headed turkey vulture, and as 

 such it is the oldest name available for the small vulture of eastern 

 and northern South America. Oenofs pernigra Sharpe,*"* described 

 from Guiana, Amazonia, and Peru, must be placed as a synonym 

 here. 



CATHARTES AURA JOTA (Molina). 



Yulcur (sic) Jota Molina, Sagg. Stor. Nat. Chili, 1782, p. 265. (Chile.) 



The form that must bear this name is similar in color to ruficolUs 

 Spix, but is larger (wing from 530 to 550 mm.). It ranges from 

 the Straits of Magellan through Chile north through the Andes 

 apparently to Colombia. C. a. ^neridionalis Swann''^ must be con- 

 sidered a synonym of Molina's jota. 



CATHARTES AURA FALKLANDICA (Sharpc). 



Oenups falldandica Sharpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1874, p. 27. 

 (Falkland Islands.) 



No specimens of the turkey vulture from the Falkland Islands 

 are at hand. From descriptions it is similar in size to C. a. ruficoUis, 

 but is distinguished by distinct grayish margins on the median 

 wing coverts and secondaries. According to Swann,''^ the Falkland 

 Island vulture ranges from the Falkland Islands north along the 

 coast of southern Chile. 



A female turkey vulture secured on September 11, 1920, at Kilo- 

 meter 80, west of Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay, has a wing measure- 

 ment of 500 mm. and so is representative of the form here called 

 ruflcollis. Additional notes assumed to belong under this form which 

 follow are not validated by specimens; Vera, Santa Fe, July 5, 1920; 

 Las Palmas, Chaco, July 14, 17, 21, and 26; Riacho Pilaga, Formosa, 

 August 19; Kilometer 80, west of Puerto Pinasco, Paraguay, Sep- 

 tember 11, 15, 16, 17, and 20; San Vicente, Uruguay, January 26, 

 28, and February 2, 1921 ; Lazcano, Uruguay, February 7 and 9. 



In Paraguay this species was known as urubu capini, literally 

 translated as bald-headed buzzard. 



The following records may pertain to the present form or may 

 refer to C. a. jota (Molina) : General Roca, Rio Negro, November 

 23 to 29, 1920 (fairly common) ; Zapala, Neuquen, December 7 to 9; 

 Tunuyan, Mendoza, March 27; Tapia, Tucuman, April 12; Tafi 

 Viejo, Tucuman, April 17. The status of the turkey vultures from 

 central Argentina must remain in abeyance until specimens can be 

 measured and examined. It is probable that jota comes north into 

 northern Patagonia if not farther, and that it also occurs through 



8«Cat. Birds Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1874, p. 26. 



«TSyn. Accipitres, ed. 2, pt. 1, Sept. 28, 1921, p. 3. 



*8 Who, in the reference just cited, p. 4, gives this form as iota Molina. 



