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Genus CATHARISTES, Vieill. 



Catharistes urubu ( Vieill.}. 



Cathartes jota, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vog. tab. liv. fig. 2 (1845-54 j. 

 Cathartes atratus, Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 4, pi. 1. figs. 3, 4 (1856) ; 



Scl. fy Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 542 ; Scl. $ Huds. Argent. Orn. ii. 



p. 89 (1889) ; James, New List of Chilian Birds, p. 7 (1892) ; Aplin, 



Ibis, 1894, p. 196. 

 Catharista atrata, Baird, Brewer fy Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 351 



(1874) ; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. Birds, i. p. 165, pi. iv. figs. 7, 



10 (1892) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mm. Paulista, iv. p. 267 (1900). 

 Catharistes atratus, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 24 (1874) ; Nehrk. 



Kat. Eiersamml. p. 2 (1899). 

 Catharistes urubu, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 240 (1899). 



The eggs of the Black Turkey-Vulture are slightly rough, without 

 gloss, and usually of a regular oval form, but occasionally narrow and 

 elongated. The ground is of a cream-colour with an almost imper- 

 ceptible tinge of green, and this is spotted and blotched with deep 

 chocolate-brown and underlying pale purple. Some specimens are 

 merely spotted, others are boldly blotched, especially at the large end, 

 where the markings are frequently confluent. Specimens measure 

 from 2-65 to 3'08 in length, and from 1-9 to 2'1 in breadth. 



2. Laid in confinement (Zool. Gardens, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Antwerp). 



2. South Carolina ( T. M. Brewer). Crowley Bequest. 



1. South Carolina, 4th May (J. J. Crowlev Bequest. 



Audubon"). 



2. Guatemala, May (E. Arce}. Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 2. Antioquia, U.S. Colombia (T. K. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



Salmon}. 



2. Central Chile (Landbeck). Berkeley James Coll. 



1. Uruguay. 0. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



Genus CATHARTES, Illig. 

 Cathartes aura (Linn.}. 



Cathartes aura, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. tab. liv. fig. 1 (1845-54) ; 



Brewer, N. Amer. Ool. pt. i. p. 1, pi. 1. figs. 1, 2 (1856); Scl. 



$ Salv. P. Z. S. 1879, p. 542; Bendire, Life-Hist. N. Amer. 



Birds, p. 161, pi. iv. figs. 1, 3 (1892) ; Aplin, Ibis, 1894, p. 196 ; 



Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 240 (1899) ; von Ihering, Rev. Mus. Paulista. 



iv. p. 268 (1900). 

 Rhinogryphus aura, Baird, Brewer $ Ridgw. N. Amer. Birds, iii. p. 344 



(1874). 

 CEnops aura, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 25 (1874) ; Nehrk. Kat. 



Eiersamml. p. 2 (1899). 



The eggs of the Turkey-Buzzard are very similar to those of 

 Catharistes urubu, but the ground-colour is faintly tinged with pink 

 in place of green. One specimen in the Collection differs from all 

 the others in being of a very regular but lengthened elliptical shape, 



