. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 9. CATHiRISTES. 23 tail-coverts, and entire tail black; chest bare ; rest of the under surface white, more or less tinged -sdth cream-colour; biU yellowish horn-colour, dark brown at base ; feet black, tinged with grey ; iris pure white. Total length 27 inches, culmen from anterior edge of caruncle 24, wing 19-5, taU 10, tarsus in skeleton 3-65, middle toe in skeleton 3'8. Young female. Black, with obsolete brownish margins to the feathers, more distinct on the wing-coverts ; plumes round the neek also black; under surface of the body white ; upp
. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. 9. CATHiRISTES. 23 tail-coverts, and entire tail black; chest bare ; rest of the under surface white, more or less tinged -sdth cream-colour; biU yellowish horn-colour, dark brown at base ; feet black, tinged with grey ; iris pure white. Total length 27 inches, culmen from anterior edge of caruncle 24, wing 19-5, taU 10, tarsus in skeleton 3-65, middle toe in skeleton 3'8. Young female. Black, with obsolete brownish margins to the feathers, more distinct on the wing-coverts ; plumes round the neek also black; under surface of the body white ; upper neck bare aU round, as also the centre of the throat; no folds of skin on side of face; crown (except a bare patch on the hinder part) and sides of the face, as well as a line running down the nape, covered with bristly hair, greyish in colour, but black on the latter; over the nostril a small single upright caruncle ; iris yellowish grey. Hah. The same as that of the genus. a. d ad. sk. b. (S ad. St. c. 2 inuu- St. d. Head. e. Skeleton. f. Skeleton. >. Skiill. ft. Sternum. S. America. Mexico. British Guiana. E. Amazon. The Earl of Derby [P.]. Purchased. Sir R. Schomburgk [P.]. A. R. Wallace, Esq. [ Purchased. Zool. Society of London. Admiral Sir E. Belcher [P.]. 9. CATHAEISTES. Type. Catharista, Vieill. Analyse, p. 21 (1816) C. atratus. Cathartes, Gh-ai/, Gen. of B. i. p. 4 (1844, nee lUig.), et auct. recent. Coragyps, Bp. Rev. et Miig. de Zool. 1854, p. 530 C. Wing of Ciitharistes atratus. Range. The whole of South America as far as 40° S. lat., scarcely so far on the western coast; the whole of Central America, extend- ing through the southern and eastern United States nearly up to the 40th parallel, but not seen on the Pacific Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original B
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