A 
SYNOPSIS 
OF THE 
ACCIPITRES 
(DIURNAL BIRDS OF PREY) 
PART I. 
ORDER ACCIPITRES. 
Fam. 1. CATHARTID (New World Vultures). 
Nostrils perforated; head, neck and forepart of breast bare; 
hind toe short and weak. Male larger than female usually. 
Gen. I. VULTUR Linn. (1758). 
[ = Sarcorhamphus, auct. plur.] 
Type by subs. desig. (Allen 1907) V. Gryphus L. 
Size large, length 38 in.; head with an erect 
fleshy caruncle ; outer toe about equal to inner. 
*1. Vultur gryphus (Linn.), Syst. Nat.,i., p. 86 Andes of S. ° 
(1758). [Chile.] America, (W. 
Great Condor. Venezuela to 
Chile and Pata-. 
Wing § 800-809, 2 787-830 mm.; ad. gonia). 
plumage black, with a whitish wing patch ; 
immature brown. 
*+ A * prefixed to a number denotes that skins are in my collection, and at 
that eggs are in my collection. I am desirous of obtaining by exchange or 
purchase sets of eggs or skins of any form not represented in my collections. 
