A 



SYNOPSIS 



OF THE 



ACCIPITRES 



(DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY) 



PART I. 



Order ACCIPITRES. 



Fam. 1. CATHARTIDiE (New World Vultures). 

 Nostrils perforated ; head, neck and forepart of breast bare ; 

 hind toe short and weak. Male larger than female usually. 



Gen. I. VULTUR Linn. (1758). 



[ = Sarcorhamphus, auct. plur.] 



Type by subs, desig. (Allen 1907) V. Gryphus L. 



Size large, length 38 in. ; head with an erect 

 fleshy caruncle ; outer toe about equal to inner. 



*L Vultur gryphus (Linn.), Syst. Nat., i., p. 86 Andes of S. 



(1758). [Chile.] America, (W. 



Great Condor. Venezuela to 



Chile and Pata- 



Wing c? 800-809, ? 787-830 mm. ; ad. gonia). 

 plumage black, with a whitish wing patch ; 

 immature brown. 



*+ A * prefixed to a number denotes that skins are in my collection, and a "t 

 that eggs are in my collection. I am desirous of obtaining by exchange or 

 purchase sets of eggs or skins of any form not represented in my coUections. 



