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BIRDS OF PREY. 
prove to be the present. Nor is it likely that this spe- 
cies can remain wholly confined to the narrow limits of 
the Andes of California, but probably it associates with 
the true Condor over an extensive range, agreeably to 
the habit of all the other species ; and notwithstanding 
Humboldt’s criticism, it is not improbable, that the 
black Condor of the Peruvians may be the present 
species. 
The general color of this bird is black ; but the secondaiy quill 
feathers are whitish at their extremities, and the coverts of the 
wings incline to brown * the folded wings extend beyond the taih 
The skin of the head and neck is destitute of feathers, smooth and of 
a dusky red ; across the forehead passes a blackish bar, and 2 other 
parallel ones are seen on the hind-head. The bill is of a pale color j 
the base of the neck, as usual, is surrounded with a ruff of narrow 
black feathers ; and the under parts of the body are covered with 
loose and downy plumes. The tail is equal at its extremity, and the 
feet black. 
KING VULTURE. 
(Catliartes papa, Illiger. Bonap. Vultur papa, Lin. and Latham. 
Gypagus papa, Vieillot, Dictionaire Hist. Nat. vol. xxxvi. 
p. 456. tab. ii. fig. 1.) 
Spec. Charact. — Reddish- white ; wings and tail black ; nostrils 
carunculated. — Young, dark bluish ; belly and sides of the rump 
whitish. 
This beautiful species is found in America from the 
30th degree of north latitude to the 32d in the southern 
hemisphere ; but they become more numerous as we ad- 
vance towards the torrid zone. They are met with in 
Peru, Brazil, Guiana, Paraguay, and Mexico. 
The king of the Vultures, which the Spaniards of Par- 
aguay call the White Crow } from the color which pre- 
vails in its plumage, is very shy when found upon the 
