Gymnogyps californicus (Shaw & Nodder), S. California 



Nat. Misc., ix., p. 1, pi." 301 (1797). [Coast to Lower 



Calif omia ; type in Brit. Mus.] California. 

 Californian Condor. 



Size of VuUur ; length 40 in. ; wing ad. 

 760 mm. ; plumage black, with brown 

 margins to all the feathers ; a buffy white 

 patch on secondaries. 



Fam. II. SERPENTARI1D.E, 



Both inner and outer toes connected with middle one by well- 

 developed basel web ; tarsus much developed. 



Gen. VI. SAGITTARIUS Hermann (1783). 



Head with crest of long spatulate plumes. 



17. Sagitta? ius serpentarius serpenlarius {Millei), S. & E. Africa 



Var. Subj. Nat. Hist., pi. 28, (1779). [Cape N. to Benguela 



of Good Hope.] on W. and 



Secretary Bird. Zambesi on E. 



Wing ad. 645 ; tail 583 ; tarsus 342 mm. ; 

 plumage ashy grey ; crest, quills, rump and 

 abdomen black. 



7a. Sagittarius serpentarius gambiensis Ogilby, Senegambia, 



P.Z.S., 1835, p. 105. [Senegambia.'] Sudan to 



Northern Secretary Bird. Shoa. 



Plumage paler. [Doubtfully distinct]. 



Fam. III. ^GYPIIDAE (Old World Vultures). 



Head and neck bare, or with short down only, no feathers ; nostrils 

 not perforated. 



