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324. Pseudogryphus californianus (SHaw). 
California Vulture. 
Vultur californianus Suaw, Nat. Misc. IX. 1797, pl. ccci. 
Pseudogryphus californianus Ripcw. Hist. N. Am. B. III. 1874, 
338. 
(B27 C364, Rl aes @inaau 
Geoc. Dist.— Coast ranges of southern California from Monterey 
Bay southward into Lower California ; formerly north to Frazer River. 
Genus CATHARTES ILticer. 
Cathartes ILuiG. Prodr. 1811, 236. Type, by elimination, Vu/tur 
aura LINN. 
325. Cathartes aura (Linv.). 
Turkey Vulture. 
Vultur aura LINN. S. N. ed. to, I. 1758, 86. 
Cathartes aura Sp1x, Aves Bras. I. 1825, 2. 
[B 1, C 365, R 454, C 537: 
Geoc. Dist.— Temperate North America, from New Jersey, Ohio 
Valley, Saskatchewan region, and British Columbia southward to 
Patagonia and the Falkland Islands. Casual in New England. 
Genus CATHARISTA VIEeILtor. 
Catharista ViEILL. Analyse, 1816, 21. Type, by elimination, 
Vultur atratus BARTR. 
326. Catharista atrata (BaRTR.). 
Black Vulture. 
Vultur atratus BaRTR. Tray. Car. 1792, 285. 
Catharista atrata GRAY, Handl. I. 1869, 3. 
[B 3, C 366, R 455, C 538.] 
Groc. Dist.— South Atlantic and Gulf States, north regularly to 
North Carolina and the lower Ohio Valley, west to the Great Plains, 
and south through Mexico and Central America, the West Indies, and 
most of South America. Straggling north to New York, New Eng- 
land, and South Dakota. Breeds in the United States from North 
Carolina coastwise to Texas, and in the interior to Indiana, Illinois, 
and Kansas. 
