A 



SYNOPTICAL LIST 



OF THE 



ACCIPITRES 



(DIUENAL BIRDS OF PREY) 



PART I. 



Order CATHARTIDIFORMES. 



Fam. I. CATHARTIDiE (Ncav World Vultures). 



Nostrils perforated ; head, neck and forepart of breast bare ; 

 hind toe short and weak. 



Gen. I. SARCORHAMPHUS Dum. (1806). 



Size large, length 38 in. ; head with an erect 

 fleshy caruncle ; outer toe about equal to inner. 



Plumage black, with a whitish wing patch. 

 L Sarcorhamphus gryphus gryphus (Linn.), Syst. Andes of 

 Nat., i., p. 86 (1758). S. America. 



Great Condor. 



Plumage brown [doubtfully distinct]. 

 la. Sarcorhamphus gryphus equatorialis Sharpe, Ecuador. 

 Cat. Birds B.M., i., p. 21 (1874). 

 Brown Condor. 



Gen. II. GYPAGUS Vieill. (1816). 



Head with fleshy caruncle ; outer toe longer than 

 inner. 



Plumage black and cream colour ; size 

 moderate, length 27 in. 

 2. Gypagus papa (Linn.); S.N., i., p. 86 (1758). S. America, 

 King Vulture. N. to Mexico. 



