2(; 



VrLTURID-?:. 



id et Oud. Gal. Ois. 



Catharista nura, Vieill. Anahjsc, p. '2'2 (1816) 



i. p. 16, pi. 4 (1825) ; Gray, Hand-1. B. i. p. 3 (1869). 



Cathartes aura, IlUq. Prodi: p. 236 ( 1811 ) ; Tiff. Zoo!. Jouni. ii. p. 284 

 (1826) ; Sw. ^- itich. F. Bor.-Am. p. 4 (1831) ; And. B. Am. fol. 

 pi. cli. et ed. 8vo, i. p. 15, pi. 2 (1839); Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 4 

 (1844); Gosse, B. Jam. p. 9 (1847); Cass. Cat. Viilt. Fhil. Mm. 

 p. 5 (1849) ; Bp. Consp. i. p. 9 (1850) ; Strickl. Orn. Si/ii. p. 1 

 (1855) ; Cas.s. B. Calif, p. 57 (1855) ; 3Iax. J. f. 0. 1856, p. 119; 

 Cass, in BairdS B. X. Am. p. 4 (1860); ScM. Mas. R-B. Viiit. 

 p. 3(1862); Pelz. Verh. z.-b. Wien, 1862, p. 132; Gmiiey, Cat. 

 Rapt. B. Koriv. Mas. p. 42 (1864); Herr. Nut. Mex. i. p. 17 

 (1870) ; Allen, Bull. Harv. Coll. ii. p. 310 (1871). 



Cathartes ruficoUis, Spix, Av. Bras. i. p. 2 (1824). 



Percnopterus aura, Steph. Gen. Zool. xiii. pt. 2, p. 7 (1826). 



Cathartes urbicola. Des Mars, liev. et May. de Zool. 1853, p. 153. 



Cathax'tes ricordi, Des Mars, at sitpra. 



Cathartes septentrionalis, Wied, J.-f. O. 1856, p. 119. 



Catharista burroviapa, Sharpe, Ann. N. H. (4) xi. p. 133 (1873, err.). 



Adult. Black, with a bluish-purple gloss, the feathers more or 

 ess brown towards their edges ; quills dark brown, the secondaries 

 paler, shafts of primaries brown above, white underneath ; tail 

 brownish black ; under surface of the body a little darker than the 

 upper ; crop-patch bare ; head and neck bare, in life bright red ; 

 bill very pale yellow ; legs and feet pale yellowish white ; iris brown. 

 Total length about 30 inches, culmen 2-55, wing 21-7, tail 11-5, 

 tarsiis 2-9. 



Hah. North America from about 49° K". lat. on the west coast, 

 and Xew Brunswick on the east ; southwards to Honduras ; S. 

 America ; Chili ; ? Brazil. 



a, h. Ad. st. 



c. Ad. St. 



d. Ad. sk. 



e. 5 juv. sk. 

 /. Sk. 



g. Yar. st. 



h, i. Juv. sk. 



A:. cJ ad. sk. 



/, m. 2 ad. sk. 



n. Sternum of sp. g. 



o. Skeleton. 



p. Skeleton. 



J. J. Audubon, Esq. 



E. Doubledav, Esq. [P.]. 



Lord Odo Russell [P.]. 



N. America. 



N. America. 



N. America. 

 1 Salt-Spring Island,! ^^ ^yall [P.]. 

 I \ ancouver island. ( j l j 



West side of Rocky J. K. Lord, Esq. [P.] 

 Mountains. 



Jamaica. 



Mexico. 



Santiago, Chili. 

 Andes of Chili. 



P. H. Gosse, Esq. (C. bnrro- 



viaiia, Sharpe, I. c. err.). 

 Purchased. 



R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. [P.]. 

 E. C. Reed, Esq. [C.]. 

 P. H. Gosse, Esq. 

 Zoological Society. 

 Purchased. 



2. QEnops pemigra*. 



Cathartes aura, ? Tiled, Beitr. Katun/. Brasil. iii. Abth. 1, p. 64 ( 18.30); 

 nOrb. Voy. Am. Mer. Zool. p. 38, pi. 1. figs. 3, 4 (1835) ; Tschudi 

 ^- Cab. F. P., Voy. p. 16 (1845) ; Burm. Th. Bras. ii. p. 30 (1855) ; 



into Venezuela and Guiana, in the same way tliat Polyborus cheriway does, being 

 replaced from Amazonia southwards as a resident by (E. pemigra. 



* Excellent critical notes on the Turkey Vultures will be found from the pen 

 of Mr. J. A. Allen (Bull. Harv. Coll. ii. p. 311 ), in which lie points out that 



