552 PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS: ZOOLOGY. 



Cathartes falklandicus, Sharpe, Hand-list B. I. p. 240 (1899: Falkland 

 Islands; Patagonia; Chili); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xx, p. 

 612 (1900: Keppel Isl, Falkland Islands). 



Fig. 274. 



Cathartes falklandiciis, adult male. P. U. O. C. 8998. About one-sixth natural size- 



General description. 



5/^^. —Adult male, P. U. O. C. 8998, Chili, March, 1898. Exchange 

 from Museo de La Plata. Orig. No. 2. 



Total length, about 29.00 inches. 



Wing, 19.0 inches. 



Culmen, 3.0 inches. 



