366 THE SECRETARY ON CATHARTES CALIFORNIANUS. [June 26, 



• June 26, 1866. 



Dr. J. Hamilton, F.L.S., in the Chair. 



The Secretary called the attention of the Meeting to a fine speci- 

 men of the Californian Vulture (Cathartes californianiis, Shaw), 

 recently added to the Society's living collection. This scarce bird 

 had been presented to the Society by Dr. Colbert A. Canfield, of 

 Monterey, California, through the intervention of Prof. Baird of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, Washington, and kindly assisted in its pas- 

 sage across the Isthmus of Panama by Capt. J. M. Dow. 



Cathartes califom Urn us. 



