220 CATHAETIDJS. 



1. Australia. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Australia. Donald Mackintosh, Esq. [P.]. 



2. Claremont Islands, Australia, Voy. H.M.S. l Rattlesnake.' 



29th Aug. (Capt. Stanley}. 



2. Off the Coorong, S. Australia, Crowlev Bequest. 



1st Oct. (J. W. Mellor). 



3. Penguin Island, Bass Straits. Crowley Bequest. 



Order C ATH ARTID IF O RMES. 



The eggs of the American Vultures are varied, those of some 

 species being plain white, while those of others are spotted. 



Family CATHARTID^. 



Genus SARCORHAMPHUS, Dumer. 



Sarcorhamphus gryphus (Linn.) 



Cathartes gryphus, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Voy. tab. Iv. fig. 1 (1845-54). 

 Sarcorhamphus gryphus, Orton, Ann. Mag. N. If. (4) viii. p. 185 (1871) ; 



Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 20 (1874) ; Scl. # Huds., Argent. Orn. 



ii. p. 90 (1889) ; Sharpe, Hand-L i. p. 240 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eier- 



samml. p. 2 (1899). 



The eggs of the Great Condor are of a lengthened oval shape and 

 plain white. The shell is granulated and rough, but possesses a 

 small amount of gloss. Three examples measure respectively : 4-3 

 by 2-55 ; 4-25 by 27 ; 4-1 by 27. 



1. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens). Zoological Society. 

 1. Andes (Tristram Coll). Crowley Bequest. 



1. Andes. Crowley Bequest. 



Genus GYPAGUS, Vieill. 



Gypagus papa (Linn.). 



Cathartes papa, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 22 (1874) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 2 (1899). 



Gypagus papa, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 240 (1899). 

 Sarcorhamphus papa, von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista, iv. p. 267 (1900). 



The sole egg of the King Yulture in the Collection is of a narrow 

 oval shape, rough, granulated, and plain white. It has a small 

 amount of gloss, and measures 3-62 by 2-35. 



1. South America. Old Collection. 



