CONDOR VULTURE. 7 



In the Index Ornitholgicus of Mr. Latham it is 

 stated that, the Female Condor differs from the 

 Male in being of a brown colour instead of black; 

 that it is larger than the male, and has no ruff or 

 collar round the neck. If this statement be cor- 

 rect, it is evident that the individual above describ- 

 ed must rather be considered as a young or un- 

 advanced specimen of the Male bird, unless we 

 rather consider it as a distinct species, in which 

 case the name of Vultur Magellanicus by which it 

 was at first described in the Museum Leverianum 

 may be still retained; but on the subject of the 

 Condor, we wait with impatience the promised 

 publication of the remaining volumes of Mr. Hum- 

 boldt's interesting travels, in which an accurate 

 history and representation of this bird may doubt- 

 less be expected. 



Since the above was written I have had the satis- 

 faction of seeing Monsieur Humboldt's account of 

 the Condor, and find that, from the general tenor 

 of his description and observations, little need be 

 added to what I have before stated. Monsieur 

 Humboldt however is inclined to deduct something; 

 from the general statements which have been given 

 of the size of this bird, having himself seen no 

 specimens which have exceeded three feet three 

 inches in length, and eight feet nine inches in ex- 

 tent from wing's end to wing's end. Monsieur 

 Humboldt however admits that the Condor may 



