AVES CATHARTID/E. 



547 



iota, Molina, Sagg. St. Nat Chil. p. 321 (1789). 



, Azara, Apunt. I p. 24 (1802). 

 Catharista aura, Vieill. Analyse, p. 22 (1816); id. Gal. Ois. I. p. 16, pi. 



4 (1825). 



FIG. 273. 



Cathartts aura. Adult male. About one-sixth natural size. 



Cathartes aura, D'Orb. Voy. Amcr. Mend. p. 38, pi. i, figs. 3 [4 egg] 

 (1835); Darw. Voy. Beagle, Birds, p. 8 (1841: Tierra del Fuego; 

 West Patagonia) ; Hartl. Ind. Azara, p. i (1847) J DCS Murs in Gay's 

 Hist Chil. Zool. I. p. 202 (1847); Burm. La Plata Reis. II. p. 433 

 (1861: Mendoza; Catamarca; Tucuman) ; Pelz. Reis. Novara, Vog. 

 p. 3 (1865: Chili); Phil. & Landb. Cat Av. Chil. p. 2 (1858); Scl. 

 & Salv. Ibis, 1869, p. 284 (Hasleyn Cove, Messier Channel, May) ; 



