1878 'J BIRDS OF ANTARCTIC AMERICA. 435 



monfer 5 ^'^ ^ ^^ "" blulsh ; St ° mach had remains <* 

 701, female, Sandy Point. 



n^ElSuS?** "* ;e "° W ' bi " b ' Uei «°°»" h '" d 

 715, 71 U, females, Elizabeth Island. 

 " Eyes brown, legs yellow, cere yellow " 



SWnT^rT^T - aH bel ° ng *° the forra ke P* di ^mct by Mr 

 Bu when a W ' ^ ^ ^J 8 ™***"'- title cinnaJninu. 

 But when a large series is examined, we find so many intermediate 



on The XT* ■r n r momi T on the one ha ? d > - d y - *-*3E 



on the other that it seems better to keep these three continental 



usuTar 3 rmf r Z ?f &C *?&** °° the ° ther " "he 

 msular torn* T.leucophrys and T. sparverioides of Cuba, and T 



dommicensis of the other Antilles, seem to be fairly distinct! 



24. ITilvago chimango (Vieill.) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 122. 

 669, 6/0, females, Porto Bueno. 



"Eyes brown, feet bluish grey." 



695, male, Sandy Point. 



" Eyes brown, bill yellowish tinge, legs blue." 



25. Polyborus thartjs (Mol.) ; Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 123. 

 679, male, Isthmus Harbour. 



colored' 8 " br ° Wn ' bm WUe ' Cei ' e flesb - C0l0U1 'ed. and legs flesh- 

 684, male, Port Churrucha. 

 "Eyes brown, cere orange, legs yellow, bill bluish doge." 



26. Cathartes aura (Linn.); Scl. et Salv. Nomencl. p. 123 

 CEnops falklandica, Sharpe, Cat. Birds, i. p. 27, pi. ii. 



731, female, Falkland Islands. 



"Eyes brown ; had remains of birds in the stomach " 



vJS.'fiiS^" generic and s * ecific —* ^ *- 



" llfhartel Kl 1™*™™ ' < 18 J 0. ga*e two types for his genus 

 Lathartes Vultur papa and V. aura. In 1816 Vieillot made 



Sir Cathartes, however, has been generally used for the 



SSSSit'li F? ft ", ^ 0pmi0D ' "°«««o« whatever for 

 transferring it back to the former, which has an excellent and 



appropriate name in Gypagus. There seem to us no Sufficient 

 characters to separate the red-headed and black-headed snecie of 

 lathartes mto two genera. Bjieraea or 



As regards the Falkland-Island form of C. aura, which Mr 

 Sharpe designates CEnops falklandica, the differential Character 

 relied upon, which is, apparently, merely the slight greyish brom 

 marginatum of the secondaries, appears to us to b°e ins^ffic ent 



