552 



PATAGONIAN EXPEDITIONS! ZOOLOGY. 



Cathartes falklandicus, Sharpe, Hand-list B. I. p. 240 (1899: Falkland 

 Islands; Patagonia; Chili); Salvad. Ann. Mus. Genov. (2) xx, p. 

 612 (1900: Keppel Isl., Falkland Islands). 



FIG. 274. 



Cathartes falklandicus, adult male. P. U. O. C. 8998. About one-sixth natural size- 



GENERAL DESCRIPTION. 



Size. Adult male, P. U. O. C. 8998, Chili, March, 1898. Exchange 

 from Museo de La Plata. Orig. No. 2. 



Total length, about 29.00 inches. 



Wing, 19.0 inches. 



Culmen, 3.0 inches. 



