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PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS : ZOOLOGY. 



Wing, 29.00 inches. 

 Culmen, 2.8 inches. 

 Tail, 14.5 inches. 

 Tarsus, 4.7 inches. 



Fig. 263. 



Viiltur gryplius. Adult male. In repose. Drawn from a live bird in the collection 

 at Central Park, New York. About two-thirds natural size. 



Color. — (Male cited above.) 



General color: Glossy black, with much silvery frosted white on the 

 wings and a pure white ruff about the neck. 



