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= Catharisies, Sharpe, Cat. Acc. Brit. Mus., I, June, 1874, 23 (re- 
stricted to C. atratus , “ Bartr.”). 
< “ Cathartes” Auct. (nec. Yieill.). 
Sarcorhamphus sequatorialis, Sharpe ? — In the vivarium 
at Central Park, New York City, I saw in December, 1878, a Condor 
of uniform brown plumage, which Mr. Conklin, the director of the 
Menagerie, informed me had been received July 23, 1875, and that 
it was three months old when captured. It was obtained on Mount 
Cauquences, Chili, and was presented by Rear-Admiral Collins, 
U. S. N. The fact that this example had not yet, when nearly four 
years old, begun to assume the plumage of S. gryphus, proves con- 
clusively either that the latter species retains the livery of the 
young until four or more years of age, or that there really is, as has 
been asserted by authors, a species of Condor among the Andes 
which has permanently a uniform brown plumage, something like 
that of Gyps fulvus * The locality of this specimen would extend 
considerably the range of S. cequator ialis, Mr. Sharpe giving only 
Ecuador, and doubtfully Colombia, as the habitat of his species. 
Sarcorhamphus gryphus. The National Museum possesses 
an adult male of this species from Bogota ; at least, the specimen 
was in a collection received directly from that place, and shows the 
unmistakable “ make ” of “ Bogota ” skins. This Bogota Condor 
appears quite similar to Chilian examples in the collection, and is 
no smaller, the wing measuring 33 inches from the carpal joint to 
the end of the longest primary. 
* Since the above was written, Mr. Conklin has favored me with the following 
particulars, under date of Feb. 10, 1880, in response to my inquiry as to the 
present condition of this specimen: “The plumage remains still unchanged 
except that the ruff about the neck is somewhat fuller, and has a. little sprinkle 
of white through the down It has not increased much since then 
[July 23, 1875, the time when received at the Menagerie,] either in size or 
weight. The hill is black at the base, the apical half ivory-white. Head bare, 
no wattles ; iris dark brown.” 
Mr. Lawrence has also favored me with the following transcript from his 
note-book : — April 1, 1876. “ Condor, said to be 9 months old, bill black ; cere 
and naked sides of head grayish-black ; head sparsely covered with short downy 
feathers of a smoky black ; plumage in general of a dark snuff- brown.” 
August, 1877. “No change except the development of the ruff, which is 
colored like the back.” 
“The ruff is now [Feb. 23, 1880] more full, but no appearance of becoming 
white ; underneath the feathers are whitish.” 
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