. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . e ancientcontinent; but the genus Cathartes, which comprehends our Vul-tares, admits of geographical and natural sections, the transatlanticspecies being still separable from those of America. 1. CATHARTES. In this genus the bill is long and straight, merely curved towardsthe point; the cere is naked and extending beyond the middle ofthe beak ; the nostrils oval, naked and pervious ; and situatedabout the centre of the bill : the tongue channeled, with the edgesserrated. — Head elongated flattened, and wrinkled
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada : the land birds . e ancientcontinent; but the genus Cathartes, which comprehends our Vul-tares, admits of geographical and natural sections, the transatlanticspecies being still separable from those of America. 1. CATHARTES. In this genus the bill is long and straight, merely curved towardsthe point; the cere is naked and extending beyond the middle ofthe beak ; the nostrils oval, naked and pervious ; and situatedabout the centre of the bill : the tongue channeled, with the edgesserrated. — Head elongated flattened, and wrinkled. The tarsusor leg rather slender and naked; the side toes equal, the mid-dle toe long and united to the exterior at its base ; the hind oneshortest. The first primary, or quill, rather short, the third long-est. In the American section of the genus, the bill is ratherstout; and the tail consists of 12 feathers. — The genus Sarcoram-phus of Dumeril, (which includes the Condor and the KingVulture.) differs only from the present, by the presence of thefleshy crest or ^^^^^/ii^m^M THE CONDOR. (Cathartes gryphus, Temminck. Sarcoramp/tus gryphus, gryphus, Lix>iEUS.) Sikcific Character.— Blackish; wings varied with white, andnot extending beyond the tail; collar white ; the head furnishedwith a fleshy crest. — Female destitute of the caruncle. Theyoung wholly brown. The Condor derives its name from an Indian wordwhich alludes to its supposed sagacious scent. It inhabitsthe whole chain of the Andes of Mexico, Peru, Chili, andPatagonia to the Straits of Magellan, and, on the authorityof Lewis and Clarke, they are sometimes seen in the rangeof the Rocky Mountains, towards the sources of the Mis-souri, where, in their journey, they are mentioned as enor- 3G BIRDS OF PREY. mous bustards ; though the bill and talons of one whichwas presented to Peales museum proved the bird to beeither the present species, or the nearly allied Vultur cali-fornianus. Th
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