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outer and inner toes of the Condors are nearly equal in length, but in Gypagus 

 the outer toe is longer than the inner one ; the bill is very stout, and the cere is 

 shorter than the upper mandible, the genus in this respect differing from the smaller 

 and more slender-billed Turkey Vultures and resembling the Condors. 



1. Gypagus papa. 



The King of the Vultures, Edwards, Birds, i. p. 2, t. 2 \ 



Vultur papa, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 122 ^ 



Cathartes papa, Illig. Prodr. p. 230 ' ; Licht. Preis-Verz. Mex. Vog. p. 3 * (c/. Cab. J. f. Orn. 



1863, p. 58 ') ; SLarpe, Cat. Birds Brit. Mus. i. p. 22 ' ; Lawr. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. no. 4, 



p. 43 ' ; Boucard, P. Z. S. 1878, p. 45 ' ; Sumichr. La Nat. v. p. 235 \ 

 Gypagus papa, Vieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xxxvi. p. 456"; Salvia, Cat. Strickl. Coll. p. 509";, 



Ferrari-Perez, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. ix. p. 169 '' ; Eichmond, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. xvi. 



p. 522 '' ; Ridgw. Man. N. Amer. Birds, ed. 2, p. 219 '' ; Sharpe, Hand-1. Birds,, i. 



p. 240". 

 Sarcorhamphus papa, Scl. P. Z. S. 1857, p. 227"; Lawr. Ann. Lye. N. Y. viii. p. 2"; Mem. 



Bost. Soc. N. H. ii. p. 303 ". 

 Gyparchus papa, Moore, P. Z. S. 1859, p. 51 " ; Scl. & Salv. Ibis, 1859, p. 214 '° ; 1860, p. 194"'; 



V. Frantz. J. f. Orn. 1869, p. 370" ; Nutting, Pr. U. S. Nat. Mus. v. p. 405 " ; vi. p. 378 ". 



Supra lactescenti-albus, vix roseo indutus ; cervice saturate schistaoea, nucham versus nigricante ; dorso 

 postico mediano, uropygio, supracaudalibus et Cauda nigris ; teotricibus alarum minoribus et medianis 

 lactescenti-albis, dorso concoloribus, tectricibus majoribus et remigibus nigris paullo viridi nitentibus, 

 et extus anguste albido limbatis ; corpore subtus toto et subalaribus lactescenti-albis ; capifce nuda 

 carunculata et plaga prsepectorali nuda rubris, plumis faciei et fascia transoceipitali nigris ; iride alba; 

 Long, tota circa SO'O, alae 20-5, caudse 8-7, culm, (cum cera) 2-35, tarsi 3-55. (Descr. maris adulti ex 

 Voloan de Fuego, Guatemala. Mus. nostr.) 



Juv. Omnino brunneus, alis caudaque nigricantioribus, pileo nudo fusco absque oarunculis : rostro albicanti- 

 comeo. (Descr. exempl. juv. ex Quonga, British Guiana. Mus. nostr.) 



Av. hornot. Omnino nigricans, remigibus anguste albido limbatis ; pectore et abdomine albis ; subalaribus 

 nigris, albo paullulum mixtis ; axillaribus albis. (Descr. exempl. ex Chimalapa, Tehuantepec. Mus. 

 nostr.) 



Hah. Mexico {Deppe^ ^), both coasts up to 3000-4000 feet (Sumichrasf^), Acaponeta, 

 Mazatlan (Grayson ^^), San Andres Tuxtla, Vera Cruz [Boucard i^), Ticaro 

 [Ferrari-Perez ^^j, Orizaba, Eio Coatzacoalcos, Santa Efigenia, Cacoprieto, Tonala 

 {Sumichrast^), Chimalapa {Richardson); Guatemala (Constanda ^^), Tierra 

 Caliente of both coasts ^o, Coban, San Geronimo, Escuiutla, Masagua (0. S. & 

 F. B. G. 21), Vera Paz [Leyland i^) ; Hondueas, Omoa, San Pedro {Leyland ^^) ; 

 Nicaragua, San Juan del Sur (Nutting ^% Rio Escondido (Richmond ^^), San 

 Juan del Norte (v. Frantzius ^^) ; Costa Rica, San Mateo (Boucard ^), Pacaca 

 (v. Frantzius ^^), La Palma (Nutting ^^), Miravalles (ArcS), Piriz, Pozo Azul 

 (Underwood) ; Panama (If'imnwaw i^).— Tropical South America ^^ 



The King Vulture has not been recognized as a visitor to the Southern United 

 States, but it is generally distributed throughout Mexico '^, according to Sumichrast. 



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