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Gymnogyps californicus (Shaw & Nodder), 
Nat. Misc., ix., p. 1, pl. 301 (1797). [Coast 
Califorma; type in Brit. Mus.] 
Californian Condor. 
Size of Vulturv; length 40 in.; wing ad. 
760 mm.; plumage black, with brown 
margins to all the feathers ; a buffy white 
patch on secondaries. 
Fam. II]. SERPENTARIIDA, 
S. California 
to Lower 
California. 
Both inner and outer toes connected with middle one by well- 
developed basel web; tarsus much developed. 
Gen. VI. SAGITTARIUS Hermann (1783). 
Head with crest of long spatulate plumes. 
17. Sagittarius serpentarius serpentarius (Miller), S. & E. Africa 
7a. 
Var. Subj. Nat. Hist., pl. 28, (1779). [Cape 
of Good Hope.1 
Secretary Bird. 
Wing ad. 645; tail 583; tarsus 342 mm. ; 
plumage ashy grey ; crest, quills, rump and 
abdomen black. 
Sagittarius serpentarius gambiensis Ogilby, 
P.Z.S., 1835, p. 105. [Senegambia.] 
Northern Secretary Bird. 
Plumage paler. [Doubtfully distinct]. 
N. to Benguela 
on W. and 
Zambesi on E. 
Senegambia, 
Sudan to 
Shoa. 
Fam. II]. AEGYPIIDAE (Old World Vultures), 
Head and neck bare, or with short down only, no feathers ; nostrils 
not perforated. 
