222 CATHARTIDJE. SERPENTARIIDJE. 



pure white, sparingly marked all over with small and well-defined 

 spots of blackish brown, yellowish brown, and underlying pale 

 purple. Examples measure from 2'4 to 2'76 in length, and from 

 1-75 to 1-96 in breadth. 



2. North America (Field Coll.). Orowley Bequest. 



1. North America. Salvin-Godman Coll. 



1. Chicago (Henshaw Coll.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



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



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



Salmon). 



1. Chile. Old Collection. 



2. Uruguay. O. V. Aplin, Esq. [P.]. 



Cathartes falklandicus (Sharpe). 

 (Plate IX. fig. 3.) 



Cathartes aura (nee Linn.), Gould, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 93 ; Abbott, Ibis, 1861, 

 p. 149 ; Scl. $ Salv. Zool ' Challenger ' Exped. ii. pt. viii. p. 105 

 (1880) ; Scl. torn, cit, p. 150. 



Milvago australis (lapsu), Scl. Ibis, 1860, p. 25, pi. i. fig. 2: Abbott, torn, 

 cit. p. 432. 



(Enops falklandica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. i. p. 27 (1874). 



Cathartes falklandicus, Sharpe, Hand-l. i. p. 240 (1899). 



The eggs of the Falkland -Islands Turkey-Buzzard resemble those 

 of C. aura, but they appear to be more sparingly and less coarsely 

 marked. Four examples measure respectively : 2*75 by 2 ; 2'75 by 

 1-88 ; 2-95 by 1/95 ; 2-82 by 2. 



1. Falkland Islands (C. C. Abbott). Gould Coll. 



1. Falkland Islands (C. C. A.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Falkland Islands. H.M.S. < Challenger ' Exped. 



Order A CCIP ITRI FORMES. 



The eggs of the Diurnal Birds of Prey are so extremely varied in 

 shape, texture, and colour, that no general description of them is 

 possible. Some are plain white, others are spotted, and others 

 again are covered with an almost uniform wash of brilliant reddish 

 brown. 



Sub-Order SERPENTARIL 



Family SERPENTARIID^E. 



Genus SERPENTARIUS, Guv. 



Serpentarius serpentarius (Miller). 



Falco serpentarius, Thien. Fortpflani. ges. Vo'g. tab. lv. fig, 3, a, & 



(1845-54). 



