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CATHARRACTA. — CATHARTES. 
aura Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux Tb. 4. = Cathartes atratus Strickl. 
Burrowiana Gray, Handlist Birds I. 3. = Cathartes urubitinga Natt. 
californiana Gray, Handlist Birds I. 3. = Cathartes californianus Ranz. 
urubitinga Gray, Handlist Birds I. 3. = Cathartes urubitinga Natt. 
CATHARRACTA (Laridae — Nom. Aristotelis) Brünnich, Ornith. 1774. — BoiE, 
Oken's Isis 1844. 197. = Lestris Illig. _ 
Ptilosis olivascens, fuscoflavescenti vel albo saepe varia; juniores fusci marginibus 
pennarum lutescentibus: Longitudo 14 — 18". Plumae colli laterales taeniaeformes, 
lacerae Planta et palamae verrucoso aspera. Rostrum cera cornea ad nares vestitum. 
Palamae medio productae. Caudae subaequalis rectrices intermediae longissimae. 
Adeliae Hombron et Jacquinot, Ann. sc. nat. 1841. XVI. 320. 
antipodum Hombron et Jacquinot, Ann. sc. nat. 1841. XVI. 320. = Larus 
antipodum Gray. 
Buffoni BoiE, Oken's Isis 1844. 197. = Lestris parasitica Fab. 
catarractes Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 197. =^ Lestris antarctica Less. 
cephus Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 294. = Lestris cephus Blas. 
minor Brehm, Naumannia 1855. V. 293. = Lestris catarractes Tem. 
parasitica Brünnich. Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 197. = Lestris parasitica Fab. 
pomarina Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 197. Lestris pomarina Tem. 
Schleepi Boie, Oken's Isis 1844. 197. = Lestris parasitica Fab. 
skua Brünnich, Ornith. 125. =^ Lesiris catarractes Tem. 
CATHARTES (Vulturinae. — xa"^rapTviç purgator). — Illiger, Prodrom. Syst. 
1811 236. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Vultures 1862. 1. 
Synon.: Sarcorhamphus Dumér. - Catharista, Gypagus Vieill. — Gyparchus, Cora- 
^^^^ Nostrum mediocre crassiusculum, rectum, maxilla basi ceromate saepius carun- 
culato tecta, dertro distincto fornicato, compressiusculo , adunco. Nares in ceromatis 
antica parte prope culmen sitae, ovales, longitudinales, perviae, mesorhimo angusto 
tenuL Lingua canaliculata, margine serrata. Caput et Collum superius nuda aut carun- 
culata aut rugosa. Collum saepius torque plumarum cinctum. Pedes msidentes, 
validi, médiocres, nudi; tarsus digito medio fere brevior. Ungues validi modict, 
incurvi acuti. Tarsotheca squamulatoreticulata, acrodactyla scutulata. Felma toro- 
sum, scabrum. — S Specc. 
atratus Strickland, Ornith. syn. I. 2. - Baird, Birds N. America 5. - 
Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Vultur. 2. _ , Tix 
Vultur atratus Bartram, Travels 1791. 289. — Wilson, Amer. Ornith. IX. 
Tb. 75. Fig. 2. — Audubon, Birds America Tb. 106. 
Le urubu Buffon, Pl. enlum. 187. 
El Iribu AzARA, Apuntam. I. 19. rn o 
Vultur Urubu Vieillot, Oiseaux Amer. sept. I. 53. ib. 2. 
Catharista urubu Vieillot, Encycl. méth. 1179. 
Catharista aura Vieillot, Galerie Oiseaux I. 16. Tb. 4. 
Yultur brasiliensis Ray. u^ ao 
Cathartes foetens Illiger. Lichtenstein, Verzeichn. Doubl, bd. 
Cathartes iota Ord. Bonaparte, Compt. rend. XXX. 292. 
Vultur urbis incola Ricord. 
Cathartes aura Spix, Aves Brasil. I. 2. 
Cathartes brasiliensis Bonaparte, Conspectus Avium I. 9. 
Corapygus brasiliensis Bonaparte, Revue Mag. Zool. 1854. 530. 
Vultur urbicola, V. Bicordi Desmurs. 
Cathartes atratus brasiliensis Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Vultur. ô. 
Catharista atrata Gray, Handlist Birds I. 3. ^-^,,, 
Jotecito. — Jote. — Urubu peba. - Gallinazo. Cuervo. - The Carriom 
Grow. The Black Vulture. ' qq Th 1 
aura Illiger, Prodrom. Syst. 236. - d'Orbigny Voy. Amer mend. 38. Ib^ • 
Fig. 3. 4. — Baird, Birds N. America 4. — Schlegel, Mus. Pays-Bas Vul- 
tur. 3. — GuNDLACH, Journ. Ornithol. 1871. XIX. 353. 
