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ated, — I cheerfully withdraw all claim to recognition of the name 

 substituted by me, under misapprehension of the facts involved, as 

 above stated. , 



Following ai'e the principal synonyms and references thereto of 

 the several genera of Saixorhamphidce, so far as I have been able to 

 collate them. 



(1.) Sarcorhamphus, Dumeril. 



-<^ Sarcoramphux, DuM., Zool. Analyt., 1806, 32 (no type indicated; 

 species enumerated are " le Condor, le Papa, I'Oricou," = respectively, 

 Vullur grijphus, L., V. papa., L., and V. auricularis, Daud., the latter an Old 

 World species, belonging to the family Falconidce). 



= (?) Sarcoramphiis DuM., Humboldt's Voy., 1811* (includes 5. cun- 

 tur, Dum. = V. grypliuK, L.). 



= Sarcorhamphus, Agassiz, Nom. Zool., 1847, — . — Gray, Hand-L, I, 

 1869, 3, et Auct. 



-< Gypagus, Vieill., Analyse, 1816, 21 (includes " Roi des Vautours, 

 Buff."= Vullur papa, L., and " Vultur gryffus, Lath."= V. gryphus, L.) ; 

 Enc. Meth., Ill, 1823, 1174 (includes Vultur calif ornianus, Shaw, 

 V. gryphus, L., and V. papa, L.). 



<: Gryphus, "Is. Geoffr.," Bonap., Rev, et Mag. Zool., 1854, 530 

 (includes V. gryphus and V. californianus). 



(2.) Gyparchus, Gloger. 



<; Sarcoramphus, Dum., I.e. 



= ^'■Sarcoramphus, Dumeril," Bonap., Rev. et Mag. Zool., 1854, 530 

 (restricted to V. papa, L.). 



<; Gypagus, Vieill., 11. c. 



-< Cathartes, Illig., Prodr., 1811, 236 (no type ; includes Vultur papa, 

 L., and V. aura, L., in the order named; diagnosis that of the family. 



= "Cathartes, Illig.," Gray, Hand-L, I, 1869, 3. — Sharpe, Cat. 

 Ace. Brit. Mus., I, 1874, 22. 



= (?) "■Gyparchus, Gloger, Handb. Naturgesch., 1842, 235"* (type, 

 Vultur papa, L. ?). 



(3.) Pseudogryphus, Ridgway. 

 " Vultur," Shaw, Nat. Misc., IX, 1797, 1 (nee Linn.). 

 " Cathartes," Ranz., Elem. Orn., VII, 1823, 23, et Auct. (nee Illig.). 

 '■^Sarcoramphus," Steph., Gen. Zool., XIII, ii, 1826, 6 (nee Dumeril). 

 <: " Catharista," Gray, Hand-1., I, 1869, 3 (nee Vieill.). 

 = Pseudogryphus, Ridgw., in B. B, & R., Hist. N. Am. B., HI, Jan., 

 1874, 338 (type, Vultur californianus, Shaw). 



* These articles I have not been able to consult in connection with this 

 paper. 



