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PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS! ZOOLOGY. 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION : 



Size. Adult male, 5249 P. U. O. C, Panasofkee Lake, Florida, 2yth 

 January, 1876. William E. D. Scott. 



Total length, about 26.5 inches. 



Wing, 17.0 inches. 



Culmen, 2.8 inches. 



Tail, 8.3 inches. 



Tarsus, 3.2 inches. 



Color. (Male cited above.) 



General color : Dull uniform black ; the head naked, black with scattered 

 short black hairs. 



FIG. 270. 



Coragyps urubu. Adult male. P. U. O. C. 5249. Profile of head ; life size. 



Head : Naked ; dull blackish lead-color ; covered with sparse, dark hairs, 

 thickest on the occiput. 



Neck : The throat and upper neck like the head ; the feathers, dull black 

 in color, cover the lower neck and reach on the upper neck nearly to the 

 back of the head. 



