20 VULTTJRID-E. 



Subfamily II. SARCORHAMPHINiE (NEW- WORLD 



VULTURES). 



Key to the Genera. 



a. Head with an erect fleshy caruncle; wings 



more than twice length of tail, rounded, 



the secondaries and primaries about 



equal. 

 a'. Outer toe (.3-2) ahout equal to inner toe 7. Sabcorhamphus, p. 20. 

 6'. Outer toe (3-0) longer than inner toe 



(2-5) 8. Cathabtes, p. 22. 



b. Head naked, with no erect caruncle ; tail 



more than half the length of wings, 



which are pointed, the primaries always 



exceeding the secondaries in length. 



c'. Tail square ; distance between tips of 



secondaries and tips of primaries less 



than tarsus 9. Cathabistes, p. 23. 



d'. Tail rounded ; distance between tips of 

 secondaries and tips of primaries more 

 than tarsus 10. CEnops, p. 25. 



7. SARCORHAMPHTJS. ^ 



Sarcoramphus, Dumeril, Zool. Ami. p. 32 (1806) S. gryphus. 



Gryphus, Bona^y. Rev. et Mag. de Zool. 1854, p. 530 S. gryphus. 



Range. The western coast of South America and the eastern 

 coast to 41° S. lat. 



Key to the Species. 



a. Larger; black, with grey on the wings; biU 



with a white apex gryphm,y. 20, 



b. Smaller ; aU brown ; bill brownish black .... cequatorialis, p. 21. 



1. Sarcorhamphus gryphus*. 



Le Condor, Sriss. Orn. i. p. 473 (1760). 



Vultur gryphus, Linn. S. K i. p. 121 (1766) ; Iltimb. 4- Bonjyl. Obs. 



Zool. p." 26, pi. viii. (1811). 

 Vultiu magellanicus, Shmv, Mus. Lever, i. p. 1, pi. 1 (1792). 

 Vultur condor, Shaw, Gen. Zool. i. p. 2, pis. 2, 3, 4 (1809). 

 Gypagus grj ffus, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxvi. p. 450 (1819). 

 Cathartes gTyphus, Temm. PI. Col. i. pis. 133, 408, 494 (1823) ; Bonap. 



Am. Orn.'iv. p. 1, pi. xxii. (1833) ; Nitzsch, Pteryl. p. 71 (1840); 



Schl. Mus. P.-B. Vult. p. 1 (1862). 

 Gypagus condor, Vieill. Gal. Ois. i. p. 11 (1825). 



* The Condor from Chili and the Straits of Magellan is always a much finer 

 bird, with more distinct and larger wattles. When we know more of these birds, 

 it may proye to be a distinct species, in which ca.se it must be called Sareorham- 

 phus inagellaniciis. 



