Gen. II. SARCORHAMPHUS Dum. (1806) 



[= Gypagus, auct. plur.] 



Type by subs, desig. Vultur papa L. 



Size moderate ; head with fleshy caruncle ; outer 

 toe longer than inner. 



*2. Sarcorhamphus papa (Lmn.), S-'^-.i-.-p.^Q S. America, N. 

 (1758). [India occidentalis : type loc. to Mexico, 

 subst. : Brazil, Brab. and Chubb.] 

 King Vulture. 



Wing S 494-500 ; bare skin of head and 

 neck brilliantly coloured ; plumage black 

 and cream colour. 



Gen. III. CORAGYPS Geoffroy (1853). 

 Type by monotypy Vultur atratus Btr. 



Head without caruncle ; tail square. 



fS. Coragyps atratus atratus (Bartr.) Travels N. & Central 



N. & S. Carolina, p. 289 (1791). [Carolina]. America, Cuba, 



Black Vulture. Jamaica. 

 [= Catharista uruhu uruhu, ed. 1.] 



Wing ad. 443-448 mm. ; tail 215 mm. ; 

 tarsus 85 mm. ; plumage black ; skin of 

 head and neck black. 



*3a. Coragypsairatusbrasiliensis{^om.^.)Cons-p. S. America. 

 ' Av., i., p. 9 (1850). [Ex.Wied— 5. Brazil] 

 S. American Black Vulture. 



Smaller : wing 405-438 ; tail 213 ; tarsus 

 79 mm. ; plumage not differing. 



