KA 1X'( )N I D.K — Til I'J KALI '( ).\S. 



170 



Yoitiif/ (I'J.l.'iO, 9, Miriiilor, Mrxii'o; Dr. (?. Hiirtorius). Illark oi" ndiilt rcpliwcd liy 

 iliiiji-y (liuli Ill-own, this (liii'licst ill iIk' liciiid; wliiu- luiil (iiisi<y rc^'iniis jfriuliially IiIciuUmI, 

 liii! li'iillicis ol' the lii'i'iist l)i'iiiK wliiiisli, <'ilp'(l (ioniritiiiliimlly) willi liruwii, No tiwi! of 

 llii' liMlisvci'si' liiiis. I'Xi'cpl oil the lail, wliicli is like that of tin' mliill. 



IIaii. Miilclli' Aiiicncii iiorili ol'Darifii ; soiiihcni liorilcr of I'liilcil Status IVoiii I'lorida 

 to l.ciWiT ('alilnriiia ; (,'iilia. 



I,ocaiiii.'s : Ciiiak'iiiaia (.S<'i,. Ilii.s, 1,211); Ciilia (Caii. Jomii. II, Ixxix ; (!i-Nni.. Rept. 

 ISG.'i, 'J'Jl, rusidciil); 'I Trinidad (Tayi.ou, Ibis, LSUl, Tit); Tuxas (lJuKs.<i;ii, lljis, 18(i."), 

 o'JIi, biL'uds); Arizona (Coi kh) ; L'osta Rica (Lawu. IX, I'M); Yiiuatan (Lawh. 10, '207.) 



MST OF SrKcr.MKNS l:XA.MIXl;l>. 



X.ilional MiuscMiin, 10; Doslon Society, 2 ; I'liiladuliiliia AcaUcmy, 4; Musuuiu Coinp. 

 ZoOl., 1 ; R. Ri<I,:,Mvny, 2. Total, 2."). 



MeasHrementu, 



IIaijits. The Camcara Etxolo, a.s tliis bird is called, though it .secins to 

 possus.s, to a largo dogrcn;, the characteristics of a Vulture, and hardly any 

 III' tlie true a(iuiliiie ntiture, is 

 Ibiiud ill all the extreme soutli- 

 eni jiortious of tlie country, iu 

 Florida, Te.\iv.s, Soutiicrn Ari- 

 zona, and ('alilnriiia. j\udiil)on 

 met witli it aliiiiidaiilly in Flor- 

 ida in tht; winter of 1831. 

 Air. iJoanhnaii luis seen it ([uite 

 connnon at Kiitorprise, associ- 

 ating witli tlie Viiltiires. Dr. 

 Woodhouse, while! encainped on 

 the liio Saltado, near San Anto- 

 nio, in Texas, freiiuontly .saw 

 the Caracaras, and always in 

 coin])aiiy with the V^ultures, 

 which h(! says they greatly rc- 

 seinlile in their habits, exce])ting 

 that they wore imieli more sliy. Ho could, however, readily approach them 

 when on horseback. ]\Tr. Dresser also freciuently encountered it in Texas 

 ill the vicinity of San Antonio, and speaks of it as id)Uiidant from the 

 llio (irande to the (!uadaloii]ie, but never noticed any farther east. In 

 Ariz(jna, Dr. Cones says, it is not a rare bird in the southern and western 

 ptntions of that Territory. Lieutenant Couch likewise describes them 

 as exceedingly abundant from the liio (Irande to the Sierra Madre. He 



Poiyborus tharuSy v«r. amhihoni. 



