18 M^- K. B. shaept: ok the 



(Duke Ernst) ; Zoulla (Blanford) ; common from the coast to the high- 

 lands of Abyssinia {Jesse); islands of the Dahalak group, very common 

 in marshy country near Chor-Mosgan, Somali, not seen about Tadjura 

 and Berbera {Heuglin), 



E. Africa (Von der DecJcen). No exact locality recorded. 



15. Saecoehamphus cfETPHUS. (Map. I.) 



S. GRYPHUS (L.) ; Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 20. 



Hab. " The Condor is known to have a wide range, being found on the 

 west coast of South America, from the Strait of Magellan, throughout the 

 range of the Cordillera, as far, according to M. d'Orbigny, as 8° N. lat. Ou 

 the Patagonian shore the steep cliff near the mouth of the Rio Negro in 

 lat. 41° was the most northern point where I ever saw these birds or heard 

 of their existence ; and they have wandered about 400 miles from the 

 great central line of their habitation in the Andes. Further south, among 

 the bold precipices which form the head of Port Desire, they are not un- 

 common I yet only a few stragglers ever reach the coast " {Darwin). Chili, 

 from the Strait of Magellan to the Atacama desert {PMlippi) ; found in all 

 the provinces of Chili, and very abundant in the elevated valleys of the Andes 

 {Brydges). " The Condor I first saw at Cape Possession, considerable 

 numbers of the bird nesting on high ledges of the cliffs in this vicinity " 

 {Cunningham) ; " in all the western parts of the La- Plata countries on the 

 Cordilleras, but also on the high ranges in the interior — namely, ou the 

 Sierra de Cordova and Aconquija, where I myself saw the bird" {Burmei- 

 ster); Yem {Mus. Philad.) ; Ecuador ( Orfow) ; Columbia, "We saw the 

 Condor as we were crossing the Paramo of Pamplona above Vetas, altitude 

 U,bmieet" {Wyatt). 



N.B. — The Condor is here treated as a single species; but 

 there are probably three species or races — the first from Magellan 

 Strait and Chili, the second from Peru, and the third from Ecua- 

 dor and Columbia. Since I named the last 8. cequatorialis, I have 

 seen no additional evidence as to its distinctness as a species, and 

 the question remains in statu quo. I recently examined a bird in 

 Mr. Boucard's house from Columbia ; but the specimen was evi- 

 dently young, and could not be compared with the southern form, 

 of which we have only adults in the Museum. 



16. Catbaetes papa. (Map II.) 



C. papa (L.); Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 22. 



Hab. Southern Mexico {Salle). Vera Cruz, S. Mexico (Boucard). Three 

 specimens captured in the mountains near Acaponetti, about eighty miles 

 south-east of Mayatlan ( G'ra^sow, cf. Lawrence, Mem. Bost. Soc. ii.p.303), 

 Honduras, procured at Omoa and in the mountains of San Pedro, not com- 

 mon about Omoa, but more frequently seen in the less-inhabited districts in 



