1S85.J Ridgway on Sarcorhamphus Eequatorialis S/iarpe. l6o 



smaller than some that have been examined, as the following 

 measurements, taken from the dried skins, will show. The 

 fresh colors of the soft parts, the alar extent, and weight, noted 

 by Mr. Henshaw before the specimens were skinned, are also 

 given : — 



Larger specimen: Wing, 32.00 inches; tail, 16.00; culmen, 1.50, depth 

 of bill, 1.25, width, .95; length of head, from point of bill to occiput, 

 6.00; tarsus, 4.70; middle toe, 4.10, with claw, 5.45. Weight, 23 lbs. ; 

 spread of wings, 9 feet, 1 inch. "Head and neck light yellow, fading 

 to pinkish on lower neck; iris reddish brown ; feet dull bluish white." 



Smaller specimen: Wing, 31. 25 inches; tail, 15.50; culmen, 1.50, depth 

 of bill, 1.20, width, .95; length of head, 6.20; tarsus, 4.40; middle toe, 

 4.00, with claw, 5.40. Weight, 20 lbs. ; spread of wings, 8 feet, 9 inches. 

 "Head and neck light orange; iris red ; feet pinkish flesh color. 



Since the above was put in type, four specimens in the flesh 

 have been received at the National Museum. The weight, after 

 their reception was not taken, on account of the specimens having 

 been eviscei"ated ; but they were carefully measured, with the 

 following result : — 



No. 103,064, a dielt, U.'S. Nat. Mus. — Total length, 44 inches; extent 

 of wings, 110.70 inches. 



No. 103,065, ;'iev. (first year). — Total length, 44.25 inches; extent of 

 wings, 98.50 inches. 



No. 103,066, juv. (first year). — Total length, 46.50 inches; extent of 

 wings, 108.25 inches. 



No. 103.067, juv. (first year). — Total length, 43.50 inches; extent of 

 wings, 106 inches. 



NOTE ON SARCORHAMPHUS ^^UATORIALIS 



SHARPE. 



BY ROBERT RIDGWAY. 



In Volume I of the 'Catalogue of Birds in the British 

 Museum' Mr. R. Bowdler Sharpe describes, under the name 

 Sarcorhamphus cvquatorialis (p. 21), a supposed new species 

 of Condor, to which the following characters were ascribed : 

 "Smaller than .V. gryphus ; entirely brown in plumage; bill 

 blackish." The habitat was given as Ecuador (Quito) and, with 



