Size moderate ; head with fleshy caruncle ; outer 
2 
Gen. II.. SARCORHAMPHUS Dum. (1806) 
[= Gypagus, auct. plur.] 
Type by subs. desig. Vultur papa L. 
toe longer than inner. 
*2. Sarcorhamphus papa (Linn.), S.N.,1.,p.86 S. America, N. 
(1758). [India occidentalis: type loc. 
subst. : Brazil, Brab. and Chubb. ] 
King Vulture. 
Wing ¢ 494-500; bare skin of head and 
neck brilliantly coloured; plumage black 
and cream colour. 
to Mexico. 
Gen. III. CORAGYPS Geoffroy (1853). 
Type by monotypy Vultur atratus Btr. 
Head without caruncle ; tail square. 
$3. 
*3a. 
‘Coragyps atratus atratus (Bartr.) Travels 
N. & S. Carolina, p. 289 (1791). [Carolina]. 
Black Vulture. 
[= Catharista urubu urubu, ed. 1.] 
Wing ad. 443-448 mm.; tail 215 mm. ; 
tarsus 85 mm.; plumage black; skin of 
head and neck black. 
Coragyps atratus brasiliensis (Bonap.) Consp. 
Av., 1., p. 9 (1850). [Ex.Wied—S. Brazil.] 
S. American Black Vulture. 
Smaller: wing 405-438; tail 213; tarsus 
79 mm. ; plumage not differing. 
N. & Central 
America, Cuba, 
Jamaica. 
S. America. 
