352 CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS. 



Believed to be either the colored phase of A. oceidentalis AUD., or 

 an abnormal specimen of A. wardi RIDGW. (Cf. RIDGW. Bull. U. S. 

 Geol. & Geog. Surv. Terr. IV. No. i, 1878, pp. 229-236 ; Bull. Nutt. 

 Orn. Club, VII. 1882, pp. 1-6 ; Auk, I. 1884, pp. 161-163 ; Water B. 

 N. Am. I. 1884, pp. 7-13.) 



10. Ardea (Dichromanassa) pealei BONAP. 



Peale's Egret. 



A rdea pealei BONAP. Ann. Lye. N. Y. II. 1826, 154. 

 [B 482, C 355, part, R 491, fart, C 66 



Supposed to be the white phase of A. rufa BODD., but possibly enti- 

 tled to recognition as a local or geographical race. 



FAMILY SOOLOPAOID^S. 



11. Tringa (Actodromas) cooperi BAIRD. 



Cooper's Sandpiper. 



Tringa cooperi BAIRD, B. N. Am. 1858, 716. 

 [B 527, C 422, R 535 , C6i8.] 



Known only from the single specimen from which the species was 

 originally described, taken on Long Island, in May, 1833, an d still 

 extant in the National Museum. The status of the species is in 

 doubt. 



FAMILY CATHARTID^. 



GENUS GYFAGUS VIEILLOT. 



Gypagus VIEILL. Analyse, 1816, 21. Type, by elimination, Vultur 

 papa LINN. 



12. Gypagus papa (LINN.). 



King Vulture. 



Vultur papa LINN. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 86. 



Gypagus papa VIEILL. Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. XXXVI. 1819, 456. 



[B - C -, R -, C -.] 



