CATHARTID^. — XLVI. 115 



Two species, the Condor and the California Vulture, are 

 among the largest birds of flight in the world. All are 

 American, the Old World Vultures {Vulturinm) being- 

 Vulture -like hawks. Genera five; species six or eight. 



* Wings very long, primaries reaching to end of tail or farther; 

 skin of neck not corrugated; a tuft of bristles in front of 

 eye. ....... Catiiaktes, 1. 



** Wings short, scarcely reaching middle of tail ; skin of neck 

 corrugated ; no bristles in front of eye. . Catharista, 2. 



/. CATHARTES^ Illiger. Turkey Buzzards. 



1. C. aura, (L.) 111. Turkey Buzzard. Black, 

 lustrous above; skin of head and neck red; L. 30; W. 

 22; T. 12. N. Am., abundant, southward. 



2. CATHAR/STA,Yiei\lot. Carrion Crows. 



1. C. afrafa, (Bartr.) Gray. Carrion Crow. Uniform 

 dull black; L. 24; W. 17; T. 8. N. C. to Mexico; 

 rarely straying northward. 



OEDEE K-COLUMB^. 



{The Doves.) 



Bill straight, compressed, the horny tip separated by 

 a constriction from the soft part. Nostrils opening 

 beneath a soft, tumid membrane. P^rontal feathers 

 sweeping in a strongly convex outline across base of 

 upper mandible; tomia3 meeting. Hind toe on a level 

 with the rest (except in Stamoe^ias^ etc.), the others 

 usually not webbed. Tarsus mostly scutellate in front, 

 elsewhere reticulate, the plates soft. Head small. 



