Gen. III. CATHARISTA Vieill. (1816). 

 Head without caruncle ; tail square. 



Plumage black : larger : wing 17.50 ; tail 8.50; 



j tarsus 3.35 in. 



J 3 Catharista urubu urubu* (Vieill.), Ois. d'Am., N. & Centra! 

 Sept., pi. xi. (1807). America, 



Black Vulture. Cuba, 



Jamaica. 



Smaller : wing 16.30 ; tail 8 ; tarsus 3.10 in. 

 3a. Catharista urubu foetens (Wied), Beitr. Naturg. S. America. 

 Bras., iii., p. 58(1830). 

 S. American Black Vulture. 



Gen. IV. CATHARTES Illiger (1811). 

 Tail rounded. 



Plumage black : larger : length 30 ; wing 21.70 ; 



tail 11.50 in. ; tarsus 2.90 in. 

 4, Cathartes aura aura (Linn.), S.N., i., p. 86 Tropical 



(1758). S. America 



S. American Turkey Vulture. from 



Colombia to 

 Chile & Brazil. 



Smaller : length 27 ; wing 21 ; tail 10 ; 

 tarsus 2.35 in. 

 4a. Cathartes aura septentrioiialis (Wied), J.f.O., N. America 

 1856. p. 119. (United 



N. American Turkey Vulture. States) S. to 



Honduras. 



Median wing coverts and secondaries very 

 distinctly shaded with whitish ashy. 

 4b Cathartes aura falMandicus (Sharpe), Ann. Falkland Is., 

 N.H., (4), xi., p. 133 (1873). Patagonia, 



Falldand Island Turkey Vulture. Chile. 



Head yellow ; " shafts of quills and tail- 

 feathers brown above, \^'hite beloAV ' [doubtful 

 form]. 

 4c. Cathartes aura perniger (Sharpe), Cat. Bds., Venezuela, 

 B .M. , i . , p . 2 5 ( 1 874) . Guiana, 



Venezuelan Turkey Vulture. N. Brazil, 



Peru. 



* CatJinrles atratus (Bartr.) of most authors. 



