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Cunningh. Nat. Hist. Str. Magell. p. 355 (1871); Scl. & Salv. 



Nomencl. p. 123 (1873); White, P. Z. S. 1882, p. 624 (Concepcion, 



Misiones, June, abundant) ; Scl. & Huds. Argent. Orn. II. p. 89 



(1889: Patagonia, not common); Oust. Miss. Scient. Cap Horn, 



Oiseaux, pp. 6, 324 (1891) ; Graham Kerr, Ibis, 1892, p. 143 (Lower 



Pilcomayo, very abundant); James, New List Chil. B. p. 9 (1892); 



Lataste, Actes Soc. Scient. Chil. III. p. cxv (1893: Cordilleras); 



Lane, Ibis, 1897, P- 184 (Corral); Schalow, Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. IV. 



p. 691 (1898: Iquique, May); Sharpe, Hand-list B. I. 240 (1899); 



Carbajal, La Patagonia, Part ii, p. 259 (1900). 

 Cathartes iota, Fraser, P. Z. S. 1843, P- 108 (Chili, common along the 



coast). 

 Cathartes jota, Hartl. Naum. 1853, p. 220; Cass. U. S. Expl. Exped. p. 



73 (1858: Callao). 

 Rhinogyyphus aura, Baird, Brewer & Ridgw. N. Amer. B. III. p. 344 



(1874) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. I. p. 455 (1874) ; id. Journ. Linn. 



Soc. Zool. xiii, p. 21 (1876); id. P. Z. S. 1881, p. 9 (Tom Bay, 



April) ; Vincig. Boll. Soc. Geogr. Ital. (2) IX. p. 797 (1884) ; Gurney, 



List Diurn. B. Prey. p. 4 (1884). 

 CEnops aura, Sharpe, Cat. B. Brit. Mus. I. p. 25 (1874) ; Burm. An. Mus. 



Nac. Buenos Aires, III. part X. p. 241 (1888: Patagonia; Tierra del 



Fuego) ; Martens, Hamb. Magalh. Sammelr. p. 5 (1900: South 



Patagonia). 

 Catharistes atira, Frenzel, J. f. O. 1891, p. 115 (Cordoba). 

 General description: 



5/^^.— Adult male, 4827, P. U. O. C. 

 Total length, about 31.00 inches. 

 Wing, 22.00 inches. 

 Culmen, 2.5 inches. 

 Tail, 1 1.5 inches. 

 Tarsus, 2.8 inches. 

 Color. — (Male cited above.) 



General color: Black with a gloss of bluish purple. Head and upper 

 neck naked. 



Head : Naked ; slightly wrinkled ; bright red in the live bird. 



Neck : The back of the head often with a scattered down of hair and the 



