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Gymnogyps californicus (Shaw & Nodder), S. California 
Nat. Misc., ix, p. 1, pl. 301 (1797). [Coast to Lower 
California ; type in Brit. Mus.] California. 
Californian Condor. 
Size of Vuliuv; length 40 in.; wing ad. 
760 mm.; plumage black, with brown 
margins to all the feathers ; a bufty white 
patch on secondaries. 
Fam. I]. SERPENTARIIDA:. 
Both inner and outer toes connected with middle one by well- 
developed basel web; tarsus much developed. 
Gen. VI. SAGITTARIUS Hermann (1783). 
Head with crest of long spatulate plumes. 
{7. 
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Sagittarius serpentarius serpentarius (Miller), S. & E. Atrica 
Var. Subj. Nat. Hist., pl. 28, (1779). [Cape N. to Benguela 
of Good Hope.) on W. and 
Secretary Bird. Zambesi on E. 
Wing ad. 645; tail 583; tarsus 342 mm. ; 
plumage ashy grey ; crest, quills, rump and 
abdomen black. 
Sagittarius serpentarius gambiensis Ogilby, Senegambia, 
P.Z.S., 1835, p. 105. [Senegambia.] Sudan to 
Northern Secretary Bird. Shoa. 
Plumage paler. [Doubtfully distinct]. 
Fam. III. AGYPIIDAE (Old World Vultures). 
Head and neck bare, or with short down only, no feathers ; nostrils 
not perforated. 
