ORDER RAPTORES. 1 83 



324. Fseudogryphus califomianus (Shaw). 



California V^ulture. 



Vultur califomianus Shaw, Nat. Misc. IV. 1797, pi. ccci. 

 Pseitdogryphus califortiianus RiDuW. Hist. N. Am. B. III. 1874, 338. 



[B 2, C 364, R 453» C 536.] 



Hab. Pacific coast region of the United States, from Oregon south- 

 ward, and in the interior to Southern Utah. 



Genus CATHARTES Illiger. 



Cathartes Illig. Prodr. 181 1, 236. Type, by elimination, Vulitir 

 aura Linn. 



325. Cathartes aura (Linn ). 



Turkey Vulture. 



Vultur aura Linn. S. N. ed. 10, I. 1758, 86. 

 Cathartes aura Spix, Aves Bras. I. 1825, 2. 



[B I, C 365, R 454, C 537.] 



Hab. Temperate North America, from New Jersey, Ohio Valley, 

 Saskatchewan region, and Washington Territory southward to Pata- 

 gonia. Casual northward on the Atlantic coast to Maine. 



Genus CATHARISTA Vieillot. 



Catharista ViEiLL. Analyse, 1816, 21. Type, by elimination, Vultur 

 atratus Bartr. 



326. Catharista atrata (Bartr.). 



Black Vulture 



Vultur atratus Bartr. Trav. Car. 1792, 285. 

 Catharista atrata Gray, Handl. I. 1869, 3. 



[B 3, C 366, R 455, C 538.] 



Hab. South Atlantic and Gulf States, north to North Carolina and 

 the Lower Ohio Valley, west to the Great Plains, and south through 

 Mexico and Central America, the West Indies, and most of South 

 America. Straggling north to New York and Maine. 



