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NOR'"II AMERICAN BIRDS. 



(Jknus FSEUDOORYPHUS. RimnvAY. 



Cathartcs, Aitt. (in part.) 



Gks. ("iiak. Si/.u very large, and aspect vulturiiii.'. Ili'ad inucli i.-longati'd, witli rofriilar 



outlines; 1 In' out ill' lioiul mid iicrk l>iin' 

 ol Toathors, the skin liiintly wiinklcd, Ijut 

 free IVoni corrufriitions or caruncles. Nos- 

 tril small, oecupyintr only the jHisterior 

 third, or less, of the nasal oriliee, its an- 

 terior end aente. Plmuafre heLriuuin^ at 

 the bottom of the neck in a i ull' of lan- 

 ceolate, aemninate feathers, these eon- 

 tinued over the hreast anil alulomeii. 

 Winjfs very larjje, the primaries and seu- 

 ondaries well developed, the former lon- 

 f;est, and reaehini; to. or lieyond, tlu' end 

 of the tail ; fo\irth or lifih i|nill lonjresi ; 

 outer live with inner welis appreeiably 

 sinnated. Tail even. Sexes alike. 



/*•«/ iiJosri/p/tus cafifiirniamrt. 



' 1 nut. Kizv. 



The .single sjiecies compo.siiig llii.s very di.stinet geim.s lielongs to Western 

 North America, iiiid, so far as known, lia.s the most restricted distribution of 

 any large rajitorial hird in the world. It is remarkable ibr its very large 

 size, all its dimensions nearly, if not quite, ecjualling those of the famed 

 Condor of the Andes {Sarvovhnn pirns (jvjiplnis). 



Pseudogryphus californianus fSiivw). 



CALIFOKKIA CONDOR, OR VULTURE. 



t'liUur ealifoniiiiiiiis, Sii.vw, Nat. Misi;. IV, pi. (('ci, 1707 ; Zoiil. VII, 10, 1809. — l.ATli. 

 Syn. .Siipp. II, 3, 1802; liid. Oru. Snpp. 2; Oen. Hist. I, 7. — .Iamks. (Wii.s.) Am. 

 Orn. IV, 259, 1S31. — Doroi,. Zobl. .lomn. IV, 32s ; Isis, 18;il, 110. — Kkicii. Prakt. 

 Nat. ViijT. p. 18. Citlhnrlcs enlifnruiunns, Cl'V. \Vv<i. An. (ed. 2), I, 310,1829.— 

 BoNAPAin-E, Ann. L.vc. N. Y. 11, 221 ; Isis, 1832, 113:. ; Li.st, 1 ; Consp. Av. 9. - 

 .Swains, fla.isif. B. II, 206, 1837. — Ran/.. Klcni. di Zool. Ill, 23. — Ohav, Oen. B. 

 sp. 3, pi. ii. — Dk Kav, Zoiil. N. Y. II, 3, 1844. — Nutt. Man. I, 39, 18153. — Arn. 

 Birds Am. ].l. orcrxxvi, 1831; Orn. Bioji. V, 240; Synop. p. 2, 1839. — Bim-w. 

 (Wii.s.) Synop. i>. 832, isr)2. — Peai.e, T. S. Expl. Kxp. VIII, .''.8. — Stimckt.. Orn. 

 Syn. I, 3, 18;-,.-,. — Kai-p, Tliierr. p. 229. —Cassis, Birds N. Am. 1858, 5. — Hr.KKM. 

 P. R. R. Rcpt. II, 29, 18.')5. — Newis. P. R. R. Ri'pt. VI, 73, 1857. — Coor. & Sick. 

 XII, ii, 141, 1860. — Coi-ES, Prod. Orn. Ariz. p. 6, 18C6. — Okay, Hand List, 1, 3, 

 1869. — Tavi.ok. Hvitclniis'.s t'.ila. Mag. Ill, 1859, 537 (lip. of egg and young). —Oru- 

 NEY, Cat. Rajit. B. 1864, 39. — Sclat. P. Z. S. 1866, .366 (with fig. from life) ; 1868, 

 183 (fig. of young from life, .same specimi^n).- Coites, K.'V, 1872, 222. Cathnrishi oiH- 

 forviavna. OuAV, I-ist B. Brit. Mus. p. 4, 1844. Sinrnrhirm/ilnis atlifnnncus, SteI'II. 

 Zoiil, XIII, 6, 1815. — Vio. Zoiil. .louni. II, 375. — Rich. & .Swains. F. B. \. II, 1, 

 1831. — Lieirr. Orn. Calif, p. 8, pi. i. Catluirtes vulturinus, Te.mm. PI. Col. 31, 1820. 

 — LE.SS. Man. Orn. VII, 10, 1828. 



Sr. Char. Wing, .30.00 - 3.').00 ; tad. l.'j.OO- 18.00 ; enlmen. about l.oO; length of 

 head, 6.50-7.00; tarsus, about 4.o0- 5.00 ; middle toe, 4.00-4.50; outer, 3.10; inner, 



