257 F 4s } 
A 
SYNOPSIS 
OF THE 
RECCIPT URES 
(DIURNA, BIRDS OF PREY): 
Pak 
Orper ACCIPITRES. 
Fam. 1. CATHARTID£ (New World Vultures). 
Nostrils perforated; head, neck. and forepart of breast bare ; 
hind toe short and weak. Male larger than female usually. 
Gen. 1, VULDUR Linn. >(1758). 
[ = Sarcorhamphus, auct. plur.] 
Type by subs. desig. (Allen 1907) V. Gryphus L. 
Size large, length 38 in.; head with an erect 
fleshy caruncle ; outer toe about equal to inner. 
Andes of S. 
America, (W. 
Venezuela to 
Chile and Pata- 
Wing 3 800-809, 2 787-830 mm.; ad. gonia). 
plumage black, with a whitish wing patch ; 
immature brown. 
*1. Vultur gryphus (Linn.), Syst. Nat., 1., p. 86 
(1758). [Chale.] 
Great Condor. 
*+ A * prefixed to a number denotes that skins are in my collection, and at 
that eggs are in my collection. I am desirous of obtaining by exchange or 
purchase sets of eggs or skins of any form not represented in my collections. 
