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that he gives the nolour of the legs as " yellow ;" Audubon describes them 

 as " flesh-coloured tinged with yellow." 



Venezuela. Mr. E. C. Taylor does not notice any difference between 

 the Turkey Vulture that he found to be " numerous on the Orinoco," and 

 the one he observed in Jamaica. 



Trinidad {E. C. Taylor). Whichever species the Venezuelan bird proves 

 to be, the species will doubtless be the same from this island. 



Chili. The Turkey Vulture, identical with North- American specimens, 

 is found in Chili, and probably migrates along the chain of the Andes. 

 Unfortunately we do not know whether it is resident or only a visitant 

 to this country. Dr. Philippi speaks of it as being as common as R. 

 alratus, but always found near the coast {Cat. Mus. Sant. p. 2) ; it is found 

 in abundance along the coast of Chili, also in the interior {Brydyes) ; Has- 

 leyn Cove (May 1868), Halt Bay, and Messeur Channel [Cunningham). 



La-Plata States. In the western and northern part of the La-Plata 

 country — Mendoza, Catamarca, Tucuman {Burmeister). 



10. Ehinogrtphus peenigee. (Map VI.) 



CEnops perniger, Sharpe, Cat. B. i. p. 26. 



In my ' Catalogue ' I separated tlie Turkey Vulture of South 

 America as a distinct species from that of North America. B. 

 perniger I believe to be a small form resident in South America ; 

 but the range is at present entirely undecided. The British 

 Museum has a specimen from the north side of the river Ama- 

 zon, collected by Mr. Wallace ; and I believe that another skin 

 procured by Mr. H. Whitely at Arequipa, in Peru, is the same 

 bird. It is doubtless the bird of which Burmeister speaks, under 

 the name of Gatharistes aura, as breeding in Brazil, vv-here it is not 

 found in the wood-region, but more in the Campos districts of 

 inner Brazil ; it is not nearly so common as C. atratus, and 

 was not met with by him on his journey. It does not live in 

 troops like the last named, but singly or in pairs, like the King 

 Vulture. Azara found it in Paraguay, batterer's localities are 

 as follows : — 



Forte do S. Joao, on the sea-shore (February) ; Mattodentro (Decem- 

 ber) ; Ypanema (April); Sapitiba (February); Fachina Velha (August); 

 Ytarar^ (April) ; Forte do Rio Branca (February, April). 



From what I have said, it will be seen that it is by no means 

 easy to define the species or the ranges of the Turkey Buzzards ; 

 and a great deal more research and a larger number of specimens 

 are required to solve the problem. 



