338 BROOKLYN INSTITUTE MUSEUM. SCIENCE BULLETIN 2. 6. 



9 5208 B. I. M. Caicara, River Ori- June, 1907, G. K. Cherrie 



noco, Venez. 149^1 490 260 59 



? 5206' " Caicara, River Ori- Apr., 1907, G. K. Cherrie 



noco, Venez. I45S9 493 265 60 



cT 5205 " Caicara, River Ori- Apr., 1907, G. K. Cherrie 



noco, Venez. i4S39 495 260 60 



c? 5211 " Caicara, River Ori- June, 1907, G. K. Cherrie 



noco, Venez. 15000 490 268 60 



Cathartes urubitinga Pelzeln. 

 Cathartes urubitinga Pelz., Sitz. Akad. Wien. XLIV. p. 7 (1861, ex 

 Natt. M. 3-) J Berlepsch, Ibis. 1884. p. 437 (Angostura). 



Cathartes hurroviamis Berlepsch & Hartert, Novit. Zool. IX. 1902. 



p. Ill (in part). 



This, the Zamuro Oripopo dc Cabeza AinariUa of the Venezue- 

 lans along the Orinoco, is much less common than C. pernigra. Its 

 habits so far as I have observed are identical with those of the pre- 

 ceding species and the Turkey Vulture of the United States. Below 

 Altagracia on the Orinoco, no specimens were secured and the species 

 was not observed; but Berlepsch (/. c.) has recorded a specimen from 

 Ciudad Bolivar ("Angostura") and a specimen from the U. S. National 

 Museum collection, collected at Georgetown, British Guiana, indicates 

 that its distribution includes the hot coast region as well as the interior 

 savanna districts. 



The accompanying sketch of the head of the adult female taken 

 at Caicara, River Orinoco, Venezuela, August 9. 1898, ( Xo. 11099 

 Cherrie Collection^ ) , reproduced from my field notes, will serve to 

 indicate the distribution of color on the head better than any mere 

 written description. • The sketch of the head of an adult male (No. 

 14666 Cherrie Collection) taken at Caicara, May 6, 1907, is also repro- 

 duced from my- field notes and shows a somewhat dift'erent pattern 

 of coloration, but whether the diflference shown would be constant in 

 a series I am unable to say. 



The plumage is blackish above, heavily washed with purplish 

 steel blue and a dark greenish bronze, more or less iridescent— the 

 greenish bronze shading predominating; below, the general color 



'In old, much worn plumage, the difference in color between the quills freshly moulted and those 

 old and much worn is very striking. The cream-colored crown patch and nape so prominent in other 

 examples is very pale. 



\ ^Specimen sent to the Rothschild Museum, Tring, England. 



On his departure for South America, Mr. Cherrie left no sketches with the galley proof, so the 

 bulletin must go to press without them. — Ed. 



